present scenario for enhancing the strength of concrete, natural fibre or artificial fibre are generally using. now my question is can we combine natural fibre and artificial fibre in the same mix for enhancing the strength ?
Hello Siva,
It is possible, but more research is needed to investigate the relative merits of combining artificial and natural fibres. Because the key question is: can mixing actually results in higher strengths?
There is an interested paper that deals with this particular topic and where the authors I think have actually combined both types of fibres. The article is by Pawar et al. :
http://www.ijmter.com/published_special_issues/07-02-2015/effect-of-natural-and-artificial-fiber-on-concrete.pdf
I hope this is useful.
Best wishes
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