Ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite

This paper presents the experimental study to investigate the applicability of a novel technique to produce lightweight sandwich composite elements. Sandwich composite is fabricated by encasing lightweight aerated concrete as core with high performance ferrocement box as skin layer. The performance...

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Main Authors: Memon, Noor Ahmed, Sumadi, Salihuddin Radin, Ramli, Mahyuddin
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Published: Elsevier, Amsterdam 2007
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spelling my.utm.84762017-10-23T07:39:49Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8476/ Ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite Memon, Noor Ahmed Sumadi, Salihuddin Radin Ramli, Mahyuddin TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) This paper presents the experimental study to investigate the applicability of a novel technique to produce lightweight sandwich composite elements. Sandwich composite is fabricated by encasing lightweight aerated concrete as core with high performance ferrocement box as skin layer. The performance of the sandwich elements is investigated in terms of ultimate compressive strength, flexural strength, water absorption, overall unit weight and the failure mode. The results are compared with control specimens made solely of the aerated concrete. Results showed the remarkable enhancement in the compressive strength and flexural strength while the water absorption is reduced to fractions as compared to that of the control specimens. Overall unit weight of the sandwich composite elements falls in the range of the lightweight structural elements. The failure mode of the sandwich elements reveals the ductile and composite behavior thus transforming a pure brittle material (aerated concrete) into ductile composite material because of the ferrocement encasement. Elsevier, Amsterdam 2007 Article PeerReviewed Memon, Noor Ahmed and Sumadi, Salihuddin Radin and Ramli, Mahyuddin (2007) Ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite. Materials Letters, 61 (19-20). pp. 4035-4038. ISSN 0167-577X http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18872879
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Memon, Noor Ahmed
Sumadi, Salihuddin Radin
Ramli, Mahyuddin
Ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite
description This paper presents the experimental study to investigate the applicability of a novel technique to produce lightweight sandwich composite elements. Sandwich composite is fabricated by encasing lightweight aerated concrete as core with high performance ferrocement box as skin layer. The performance of the sandwich elements is investigated in terms of ultimate compressive strength, flexural strength, water absorption, overall unit weight and the failure mode. The results are compared with control specimens made solely of the aerated concrete. Results showed the remarkable enhancement in the compressive strength and flexural strength while the water absorption is reduced to fractions as compared to that of the control specimens. Overall unit weight of the sandwich composite elements falls in the range of the lightweight structural elements. The failure mode of the sandwich elements reveals the ductile and composite behavior thus transforming a pure brittle material (aerated concrete) into ductile composite material because of the ferrocement encasement.
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author Memon, Noor Ahmed
Sumadi, Salihuddin Radin
Ramli, Mahyuddin
author_facet Memon, Noor Ahmed
Sumadi, Salihuddin Radin
Ramli, Mahyuddin
author_sort Memon, Noor Ahmed
title Ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite
title_short Ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite
title_full Ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite
title_fullStr Ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite
title_full_unstemmed Ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite
title_sort ferrocement encased lightweight aerated concrete : a novel approach to produce sandwich composite
publisher Elsevier, Amsterdam
publishDate 2007
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8476/
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