Response of oil palm shell concrete slabs subjected to quasi-static and blast loads

• Main Authors: Alengaram, Ubagaram Johnson, Mohottige, N.H.W., Wu, C., Jumaat, Mohd Zamin, Yap, Soon Poh, Wang, Z.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18210/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.04.103
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

A series of quasi-static and blast tests was conducted to investigate resistance capacity of concrete slabs in which conventional crushed granite aggregates were wholly replaced with oil palm shell (OPS) as a coarse aggregate. A control specimen using Normal Concrete (NC) using conventional aggregat...