Paper Title
BEHAVIOUR ON COIR FIBRE CONCRETE BY PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT WITH ALCCOFINE 1203 Abstract
Concrete is most adaptable, durable and dependable construction material over the world and it\'s the most important introductory material in all civil engineering structures. The constituents of concrete are cement, fine, coarse summations and water, which are mixed in a particular proportion to get needed strength. Increase in demand of cement around the globe seeks high intention in chancing some druthersto cement in concrete. The commencement of new indispensable limits the CO2, a major hothouse effect causing gas. Research is taking place on all corners of the globe in hunt of different material options. To meet the needs of population increase, river sand is extracted from riverbeds and used to construct homes and massive infrastructure. The preservation of river sand used as a fine aggregate in concrete production has become a serious problem due to globalisation and the enhanced technology needed to fulfil local and international economic demands. In this study, a small trial is conducted to modify the properties of concrete by partially replacing the cement with alccofine 1203 at different percentages of 0%, 5.1%, 10.1%, 15.1%, and 20.1% and fine aggregate with coir fibres of length 15mm at various percentages of 0%, 1.1%, 2.1%, 3.1%, and 4.1%. To assess the concrete\'s compressive and split tensile strengths, various tests are conducted. Every specimen is utilised for 7 and 28 days and tested for compressive and split tensile strength .
KEYWORDS : Alccofine (1203), coir fibre, compressive strength , split tensile strength.