Author/Authors :
sreevidya, v. department of civil engineering, vlb janakiammal college of engineering and technology, kovaipudur, India , anuradha, r. department of civil engineering, vlb janakiammal college of engineering and technology, kovaipudur, India , venkatasubramani, r. department of civil engineering, sri krishna college of technology, kovaipudur, India , yuvaraj, s. department of civil engineering, vlb janakiammal college of engineering and technology, kovaipudur, India
Abstract :
The purpose of this experimental investigation is to study the flexural behavior of fly ashbased geopolymer ferrocement elements. Ferrocement composite is a rich Geopolymer mortar mix of 1:3 with W/B ratio of 0.416. The alkaline activators used consist of Sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate. The length of ferrocement elements was chosen as 760 mm, width 150 mm and depth of the section was 30 mm, Nine number of rectangular slab were prepared with different meshes such as Square woven, Square welded and Expanded metal mesh. The number of layers in each mesh was varied from single, double and triple layers. The specimens were cured for 28 days by ambient curing. Based on the test results, load vs deflection curves were down. The effectiveness of the Square woven, Square welded and Expanded metal mesh were compared.
Keywords :
Ferrocement , Fly ash , Geopolymer mortar , Sodium hydroxide , Sodium silicate
