Mechanical Properties of Human Hair Concrete

Abstract

Fiber rein forced polymer compounds is the majorcategory of structural matter because of its many merits.
Reinforcing the polymer should be either typical or engineered. Engineered fiber, for instance, polypropylene, glass etc.
has superior specific features however their areas of application are limited because of its economic problems. Recently
there is an increase in interest to ward ordinary compounds which are made by reinforcing the typicall fIber Human hair
has hard ductile character rustics; therefore, it can beutIlize das a fiber reinforcing substance. It provides better feature
sat easier cost of production. It also creates environmental problems because of its deterioration property (Nondegradable characteristic).To achieve this aim, we have triedtoinvestigatethepossibleusageofhuman hairwhichis not only
cost effective but effortlessly availableinall over the country for manufacturing value added outcome. The aim of this
research work is to find out the properties (mechanical) of hair fiber reinforced concrete. The effect of loading on fiber
and the length of fiber on mechanical behavior like compression strength, tensile strength, flexural strength and
toughness of resulting compounds is investigated. Testing was carried out on polymer compounds with distinct
percentages of hair fiber added by weight of cementi.e.0%,2%,4%,6%, 8%, 10%andwithvaryinglengthofhair fiberi.e.0.5-
2cm.Bytestingof resulting specimens ,it has been not iced that there is remark able effect of human hair fiber on the
mechanical properties of resulting compounds.