Abstracto

Experimental Study on the Ductile Characteristics of Light Weight Ferrocement Beams under Monotonic and Repeated Loading

Sri. Naveen GM, Sri. GS Suresh

Light weight ferrocement elements are generally more ductile when compared to conventional reinforced Earthquake-resistance is dependent on good construction technique and additional reinforcement of the cement.The present work is concentrated on two major aspects, (i) Effect of blast furnace slag on crack & ultimate strength and (ii) Behavior of light weight ferrocement element under Monotonic & Repeated flexural loading. The first part of the present study has been focused on the effect of blast furnace slag(BFS) on First crack & Ultimate Strength with replacement of slag by 0%,10%,20%&30% and second part of the work focusing the behavior of Light weight ferrocement beam under monotonic & Repeated loads with increased load for ductility performance. The results obtained from this work is expected to be useful in determining the strength and ductility of light weight ferrocement beam subjected to similar types of forces and thus will help toward designing ferrocement elements to withstand monotonic and Repeated flexural loading for ductility performance.