Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks

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...

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Main Authors: Memon, Noor Ahmed, Radin Sumadi, Salihuddin, Ramli, Mahyuddin
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spelling my.utm.98302012-08-09T07:45:13Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9830/ Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks Memon, Noor Ahmed Radin Sumadi, Salihuddin Ramli, Mahyuddin TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) 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 ferrocement box. The response variables considered include compressive strength, overall unit weight and failure mode. The results are compared with control block specimens made solely of the aerated concrete. The results showed significant increases in compressive strength due to the encasement of aerated concrete. Overall, the unit weight of the sandwich blocks comply with the specifications for lightweight structural components. The ferrocement encasement changes the otherwise brittle failure mode of aerated concrete into a ductile one Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9830/1/NoorAhmedMemom2006_StrengthandBehaviourofLightweight.pdf Memon, Noor Ahmed and Radin Sumadi, Salihuddin and Ramli, Mahyuddin (2006) Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks. Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 18 (2). pp. 99-108. ISSN 1823-7843 http://web.utm.my/ipasa/images/stories/MJCE/2006/
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Memon, Noor Ahmed
Radin Sumadi, Salihuddin
Ramli, Mahyuddin
Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks
description 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 ferrocement box. The response variables considered include compressive strength, overall unit weight and failure mode. The results are compared with control block specimens made solely of the aerated concrete. The results showed significant increases in compressive strength due to the encasement of aerated concrete. Overall, the unit weight of the sandwich blocks comply with the specifications for lightweight structural components. The ferrocement encasement changes the otherwise brittle failure mode of aerated concrete into a ductile one
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author Memon, Noor Ahmed
Radin Sumadi, Salihuddin
Ramli, Mahyuddin
author_facet Memon, Noor Ahmed
Radin Sumadi, Salihuddin
Ramli, Mahyuddin
author_sort Memon, Noor Ahmed
title Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks
title_short Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks
title_full Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks
title_fullStr Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks
title_full_unstemmed Strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks
title_sort strength and behaviour of lightweight ferrocement-aerated concrete sandwich blocks
publisher Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
publishDate 2006
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9830/1/NoorAhmedMemom2006_StrengthandBehaviourofLightweight.pdf
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