This document contains summaries of two papers that were presented at the International Conference on Advances & Challenges in Interdisciplinary Engineering and Management in 2017. The first paper studied the durability of self-curing high performance steel fibre reinforced concrete using super absorbent polymers. Self-curing concrete was made by replacing cement with silica fume and adding super absorbent polymer and steel fibres. The durability properties of the self-curing concrete such as water absorption, porosity, resistance to seawater and acids were examined. The second paper examined using plastic optical fibres in concrete to produce light-transmitting concrete. Concrete cubes were produced with plastic optical fibres added. The transparency of

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Article ID ICACIEM105 eAID ICACIEM.2017.105
Durability Study on Self-Curing High Performance Steel
Fibre Reinforced Concrete Using Super Absorbent
Polymers
Jaya Surya T1
, Rajeshwari E2
, Sabhishini K3
, Geetanjali S4
, P Parthiban5
1,2,3,4
Final & Third Year Students, 5
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Vidyaa Vikas College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchengode, India
Abstract: High performance concrete is used widely due to its high strength and durability. Proper curing is required to meet strength and durability
requirements .improper curing affects the strength and durability. Self-curing concrete is one of the special concretes that mitigate insufficient curing
due to human negligence, concreting in heights and sloped roof or thickness of concrete is high where percolation of water to interior is difficult. The
present study involves the use of super-absorbent polymer in concrete which helps in self-curing and assists in attaining better hydration and strength.
Here durability properties such as water absorption, porosity, resistance to sea water, resistance to acid, sorptivity is studied for self-curing concrete with
and without fibres. Incorporating fibres into concrete is not only an effective way to enhance concrete tensile stress, but also fracture toughness, impact
strength, durability etc. M60 grade concrete is used for study. In this investigation Self-curing concrete was made by replacement of cement by 6% of
Silica fume and Super Absorbent Polymer added at various range of 0%, 0.2%, 0.3%, and 0.4% of cement along with 3 % of fibre.
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Received 10 – January – 2017 Accepted 28 - January – 2017
Article ID ICACIEM106 eAID ICACIEM.2017.106
An Experimental Study of Decorative Concrete
K Gokulapriya1
, S S Rushmikka2
, S Lavanya3
, P Srinidhi4
, P Parthiban5
1,2,3,4
Final Year Students, 5
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Vidyaa Vikas College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchengode, India
Abstract: Light-transmitting concrete is one of the Optical fibres are one which helps for transmission of light through fibre. The material can be
used in a variety of architectural and interior design applications, such as walls, windows, etc. The main theme of this study is to use Plastic Optical
Fibres in concrete, which is energy saving and green technology. It leads great energy savings in closed and non-ventilated spaces. This investigation
aims at producing the concrete specimens by reinforcing Plastic Optical Fibres and comparing it with the conventional mortar. In this study cement
mortar of grade 1:2 was used with the confirmed water cement ratio of 0.5 for casting of all the specimens of sizes 75 mm × 75 mm × 75 mm cubes.
POFs were used for this study with the ratio of 4% of total volume of the concrete. The transparency of concrete specimens with plastic optical fibres was
found, which clearly indicates that the transparency of light is possible in concrete which enhances the architectural view.
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