Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks

• Main Authors: Memon, Noor Ahmed, Radin Sumadi, Salihuddin, Ramli, Mahyuddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2006
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9830/1/NoorAhmedMemom2006_StrengthandBehaviourofLightweight.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9830/; http://web.utm.my/ipasa/images/stories/MJCE/2006/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Results of an experimental investigation on sandwich blocks fabricated using lightweight aerated concrete encased in a ferrocement box are presented in this paper. The primary variables investigated are the type of wire mesh; chicken and square wire mesh, and number of wire mesh layers in the ferro...