Effect of Different Fibers on Ductility Index of Soil-Cement

Soil-cement is a combination of Portland cement, soil and water that sticks together due tohydration of cement and compression of its components and creates a dense, durablecompound which has low permeability and is resistant to erosion. Due to the fact that soilcementmaterials are brittle, they do not show suitable performance under tensile load tofailure. In order to compensate for this flaw, we have used three types of fibres to reinforce thematerials which are: jute (which is a natural fibre) polypropylene and steel (Which aresynthetic fibres). These tests were conducted on Soil-Cement-Fiber and introducing a newparameter which is ductility index. It shows that using fiber on matrix would improve inductility.