Paper Title
Study of Change in Mechanical and Durability Properties of Cement Mortar With Steel Fibres

Abstract
Cement mortar posses� very low tensile strength, limited ductility and little resistance to cracking. Addition of small closely spaced, uniformly distributed fibers act as crack arrester, substantially increase static & dynamic properties with increasing water content bleeding, plastic shrinkage and reduction in strength will occur. With decreasing water content hydration process is incomplete, increase in gel/ space ratio will happens. By adding plasticizers and other chemicals for workability & to achieve strength will act temporarily. To come across these two problems by the addition of small amount of fibers effectively control early age plastic shrinkage & cracking. It is generally acknowledged that steel fibers are added to improve the toughness, abrasion resistance and impact strength. In this work, the mechanical and Durability properties of cement mortar by adding 1%, 2% steel fibres by weight of cement and sand are studied and compared with the control mix. Keyword - Durability property of steel, Steel Fiber