STUDY ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
OF FOAM CONCRETE
J.Thomas Britto
Dept of civil engineering
Thomasbritto3@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The development of construction
industries provides countless benefits to the society and the people.At present
scenario construction field all around the world is facing a serious problem
with price hike of raw materials. So they are very much concern to reduce the
consumption of readily available raw materials. At the same time they are in
need to reduce the time period of construction and attain an economical
construction practice. It is also important for engineers to develop eco
friendly material, as environment is getting affected day by day by the
increasing construction activities. Usage of foam concrete is an innovative
idea to achieve the requirements.
Because of its lightweight, the rate
of construction is quick and the installation becomes easy. The benefits of gas
concrete are endless, which are lightweight in turn saves foundation cost, high
load bearing strength, high durability, easy handling and rapid construction,
good in sound absorption, earthquake resistant and so on. The focus of this
project is to study the properties of lightweight foam concrete with addition
of various binders /fillers such as Fly ash, Rice husk ash, The results are
discussed elaborately with respect to compressive strength, tensile strength.
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