Behaviour of ferrocement columns with different layers of mesh reinforcement.

Civil Engineering

Ferrocement technology are being used in construction industry due to its excellent structural behavior and cost saving. Ferrocement is suitable for the construction of precast units, manhole covers, and construction of domes, columns and beams hallow beams and curved surface roofs. Ferrocement regarded as highly versatile thin material possessing superior properties which cannot be matched by other conventional thin materials. The development and construction of structural elements in building construction is a growing trend in construction industry all over the world due to its high strength-to-weight ratio. In the present study using welded square wire mesh in ferrocement columns with different locations. At 28 days, it was found that compressive strength of ferrocement columns of different location of mesh layers especially at middle location, layers at three positions in column. Number of layers of square welded mesh were used in the columns and ferrocement cubes.

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