Use of Waste Plastic and Human Hair as Composite Material in Cement Concrete Construction

Aim of study is examine the effect on compressive strength of concrete by use of waste plastic and human hair as composite fiber reinforced material. The above plastic waste and human hair are mixed with cement concrete in various proportions (0.1%to 2%) and test specimens were casted (cubes and prisms) the study the behavior of plastic mixed concrete in axial compression. Study of human hair and plastic fiber is taken because of its excellent attributes which are available in low cost as compare to other fiber. At 5% optimum modifier content, the strength of the modified concrete was found to be 1.2 times greater than the plain concrete. By using Plastic waste and human hair as modifier, we can reduce the quantity of cement and sand by their weight, hence decreasing the overall cost of construction. The experimental finding in all tested sample will encourage the future researches in direction of long term of performance to extending thick chip for economical type of fiber use n structural application and reduced the environmental problem. By testing we found that there is an increment in the various properties and strength of concrete by the addition of human hair as fiber reinforcement which makes it suitable for an alternative additive for concrete to enhance its mechanical properties.