ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Durability Studies on Hybrid Fiber
Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete
with a Waste Material and Metakaolin
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Department of Civil Engineering, Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering &Technology,
Karaikudi 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India
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Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Engineering Tiruchirapalli (BIT Campus), Anna University,
Tiruchirapalli -620024, India
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Departamento de Ciencias de la Construcción, Facultad de Ciencias de la Construcción y Ordenamiento Territorial,
Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile
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Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique-Chile
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Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción-Chile
Submission date: 2023-08-28
Final revision date: 2023-11-19
Acceptance date: 2024-10-15
Online publication date: 2024-12-23
Corresponding author
Kavitha Sethuraman Muthusamy
Department of Civil Engineering, Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering &Technology,
Karaikudi 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India
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Green concrete can be achieved using waste products generated from industries. This study targets
to develop a green and sustainable concrete composite by combining fly ash and sisal fiber in steel
fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete with meta kaolin. The durability properties such as water
absorption, porosity, acid attack, chloride ion diffusion, and rate of corrosion are studied. Cement was
partially replaced by fly ash at 30% and meta kaolin at 10% by the weight of cementitious content.
Hooked-end steel fiber was added at 1.5%, and sisal fiber was varied from 0.1% to the rate of 0.1%. It
has been found that the saturated water absorption and chloride ion diffusion are considerably reduced
over the control specimen. Passive or negligible corrosion has been experienced in all specimens.
The addition of fibers disconnects the continuity of pores and thus improves the durability properties.