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The fibers are most effective material to concrete strength. Hemp (Cannabis sativa) is an agricultural crop that can be used as a building material. Hemp concrete has many advantages as a building material but it is not load-bearing and must be used in combination with a load-bearing wooden frame. In this project Cylinders, Prisms, and Cubes of standard dimensions have been made to introduce hemp Fiber with varying mix ratio such as 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%. Various tests are conducted to find the property of the hemp concrete materials. The main test such as Compressive Strength for Concrete and Split Tensile Strength for Concrete and Flexural Strength for Concrete have been conducted. On comparing the results of Hemp fiber Concrete with that of conventional concrete, 0.50% additionally adding of Hemp Fiber showed maximum compressive Strength value at 28 days 12.8%, and the Split Tensile Strength value at 28 days 58.28%. Mechanical properties like Flexure Strength and Durability properties have been conducted. Study of microstructure of concrete is also determined.

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A.Bhavani, Ke.A.Palaniappan, S.Aruljothy, & J.Vino. (2019). Study on the performance and durability of hemp concrete . International Journal of Intellectual Advancements and Research in Engineering Computations, 7(2), 3177–3183. Retrieved from https://ijiarec.com/ijiarec/article/view/1234