Fresh and Mechanical Properties of Recycled Steel Fiber Reinforced Self-consolidating Concrete

Abstract

This paper presents the fresh and mechanical behavior of recycled steel fiber obtained from the end life of scrap tires in self-consolidating concrete. To characterize the fresh and mechanical properties, different fiber volume fractions of 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5% were used. To reduce the cost of concrete, fly ash and silica fume was added which also helps in increasing workability and viscosity, respectively. Fresh properties were characterized by slump flow and J-Ring. Whereas the mechanical properties were investigated in terms of Compressive, split tensile, and flexural strength.