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Fiber Reinforced concrete (FRC) is concrete containing fibrous material which increase as structural and is gaining importance. It contains short discrete fibers thar are uniformly distributed and randomly oriented. The concept of using fibers as reinforcement is not new. Fibers have been used as reinforced since ancient time. Historically, horsehair was used in mortar straw in mud bricks. In the early 1900s, asbestos fibers were used in concrete, and in the 1950s the concept of composite materials came into being and fiber reinforced concrete was one of the topics of interest. Experiments were conducted on concrete cubs, cylinder and beam of standard size with addition of various percentages of human hair fibre i,e.. 0%, 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% by weight of cement fine & coarse aggregate and result were compared with of cement ,of plane cement concrete M-20 grade. For each percentage of human hair added in concrete , four cubes, three cylinders and three beams were tested for their respective mechanical properties at curing periods of 3, 7 and 28 days. Optimum hair fibre content was obtained as 1.5% by weight of cement