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Advancements in technology enhance not only human comforts but also damage the environment. Use ofsteel fiber has become popular and safe now. Today the construction industry is in need of finding cost effectivematerials for increasing the strength of concrete structures. Hence an attempt has been made in the presentinvestigations to study the behavior of fiber reinforced concrete in a composite material consisting of cement basedmatrix with an ordered or random distribution of fiber which can be steel, nylon, polythene etc. The concrete incorporatewith steel fiber increases the properties of concrete, viz., flexural strength, compression strength, tensile strength andshrinkage properties to name a few. This paper presents a detailed experimental study on fiber reinforced concrete atage 28 days. The main variable investigated in this study is variation of bottle cap fiber dosage of 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, and0.4% by volume of concrete. Experimental investigation was done using C20, C25 and C30 mix and tests were carriedout as per recommended procedures by relevant Ethiopian & BIS codes. Test results indicate that the use of bottle capsfiber in concrete has improved the strength of concrete. The study is conducted on a 1:1.5: 3 nominal concrete mixes,with specimen sizes (150mm× 150mm × 150mm). The test results are compared for Compressive and split tensileconcrete strengths, with and without use of fibers.

Diptikar Behera, Abdulkadir Enday Ahmed, Nigate Chala, “INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE APPLICATION OF SOFT DRINK BOTTLE CAPS AS FIBER IN CONCRETE STRUCTURES”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 556-564, February 2018.