Table 1 Physical properties of the polypropylene fibre.

From: Mechanical property enhancement in concrete composites with hybrid polypropylene fibre reinforcement

Properties

Barchip PP fibre

Macro PP fibre

Monofilament PP fibre

Length (mm)

30

30

6

Diameter (mm)

1

0.3

0.03

Density (kg/m3)

910

910

910

Specific gravity

0.91

0.91

0.91

Tensile strength (MPa)

550

460

450

Elastic modulus (GPa)

9

6

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