EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON BEHAVIOUR OF FERROCONCRETE BEAMS

Manasa B, Sowmyashree T, Sharath Babu Khedagi

Abstract: Ferroconcrete is a new generation type of concrete and it is an alternative material for a light weight structural elements. Ferroconcrete consists of cement, jelly chips, mesh and water. This work deals with an experimental study on behavior of ferroconcrete beams. Mix proportions 1:3 i.e. cement: jelly chips with water-cement ratio 0.45 were selected. The overall dimensions of beam are 150X150X2000mm and it is reinforced with compressive strength of about 16.32MPa was obtained at 28days for mix proportion of 1:3 and water-cement ratio of 0.45. Flexural and Impact strength test was conducted. The cracks are due to loading and failure cracks developed due to ultimate load. Flexure strength of produced specimens was 13.6N/mm² and it has good enough to take impact energy of 6415Joules.

Keywords: Ferroconcrete, Jelly chips, GI Mesh, Skeleton Steel, Water-cement ratio, Compressive strength, Flexural Strength, Impact Energy.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2018.0703005