STUDY ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FOAM CONCRETE
J.Thomas Britto
Dept of civil engineering
Thomasbritto3@gmail.com
P.R.engineering college, Thanjavur
ABSTRACT
The development of construction industries provides countless benefits to the society and the people.At present scenario construction field all around the world is facing a serious problem with price hike of raw materials. So they are very much concern to reduce the consumption of readily available raw materials. At the same time they are in need to reduce the time period of construction and attain an economical construction practice. It is also important for engineers to develop eco friendly material, as environment is getting affected day by day by the increasing construction activities. Usage of foam concrete is an innovative idea to achieve the requirements.
Because of its lightweight, the rate of construction is quick and the installation becomes easy. The benefits of gas concrete are endless, which are lightweight in turn saves foundation cost, high load bearing strength, high durability, easy handling and rapid construction, good in sound absorption, earthquake resistant and so on. The focus of this project is to study the properties of lightweight foam concrete with addition of various binders /fillers such as Fly ash, Rice husk ash, The results are discussed elaborately with respect to compressive strength, tensile strength.
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