Flexural Strength Of Ferrocement Panel

Group Members:
Mandar Gaikwad(1032201627)

Prajwal Wagh(1032201638)

Shivratna Jagtap(1032201571)

Aishwarya Shedge(1032201634)

Project Guide:- Dr. Darshan Gaidhankar

 CONTENT
1.INTRODUCTION

2.LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Study Of Flexural Strength Of Ferrocement Slab Panels

2.2 Flexural Behavior Of Flat And Folded Ferrocement Panels

2.3 Flexural Behavior Of Ferrocement Panels

2.4 Flexural Behavior of Ferro cement Slab Panels Using Expanded Metal Mesh

Incorporating Steel Fibers

 2.5 Comparative study of ferrocement panels reinforced with galvanized iron and polypropylene

meshes

 2.6 Structural Behavior of Fibrous-Ferrocement Panel Subjected to Flexural and Impact Loads

 2.7 Structural Response Of Ferrocement Panels Incorporating Lightweight Expanded Clay And

Perlite Aggregates: Experimental, theoretical and statistical analysis

3. AIM AND OBJECTIVE

4. FUTURE SCOPE.

5. REFERENCES
 What is Ferrocement?
• Ferrocement is a highly versatile form of reinforced concrete made up of wire
mesh, sand, water, and cement, which possesses unique qualities of strength
and serviceability. It can be constructed with a minimum of skilled labor and
utilizes readily available materials.
Types Of Wire Mesh
 Advantages

• Basic raw materials readily exist in most countries.

• Made-up into any desired outline.

• Low labour skill necessary.

• No difficulty of construction, low mass and extended lifetime.

• Low construction material cost.

• Improved resistance against earthquake.

“STUDY OF FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF FERROCEMENT SLAB PANELS”
Author:-Jamal Ababakr Ahmed,Razaq Ferhadi

 Ferrocement panels are versatile forms of precast concrete.

 This paper describes the results of numerous experiments conducted on flat

ferrocement panels.

 The main objective of these experimental tests is to determine the ideal

combination of wire mesh layers.

 In this study, the specimens were divided into eight groups.

Universal testing machine
 CONCLUSION

• The flexural loads at first crack and ultimate loads depend on number

of reinforcing mesh layers used in ferrocement.

• For 25 mm thick slabs using four layers gave approximately 30%

increase in flexural strength as compared to two layered slab specimen

• Also the deflection decreased by about 65%.

• Increasing the thickness also affected the final breaking load for slab panels.

• Increasing the thickness of ferrocement panels from 25 mm to 30 mm

significantly increases the ductility and capability to absorb energy of both of

the panels.

• Using fly ash, as 15% replacement by weight of cement, caused a slight

decrease in the flexural strength for some of the and a slight increase for the

others.
“Flexural Behavior Of Flat And Folded Ferrocement Panels”
Author:-Mohamad N. Mahmood ,Sura A. Majeed

• The present paper describes the results of testing folded and flat ferrocement panels

reinforced with different number of wire mesh layers.

• The main objective of these experimental tests is to study the effect of using different

numbers of wire mesh layers.

• Seven ferrocement elements were constructed and tested each having (600x380mm)

horizontal projection and 20mm thick, consisting of four flat panels and three folded

panels.
 CONCLUSION

• The cracking load was not significantly affected by the number of the wire mesh

particularly for the folded panels.

• The flexural strength of the folded panel increased by 37 and 90 percent for panels having

2 and 3 wire mesh layers compared with that of single layer

• The experimental and numerical results show the superiority of the folded to the flat

panel in terms of ultimate strength and initiation of cracking.

• Finally increasing the number of layers of wire mesh from 1 to 3 layers significantly

increases the ductility and capability to absorb energy of both types of the panel.
 “FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF FERROCEMENT PANELS”
Author:-K.Ranjitha ,S.Sowmya,R.Manojguru

• Construction trade is developing quickly all over the world. Concrete and steel are

the basic construction materials which are being used with different concepts.

• This paper is aimed to present the research made continuously to improve the

ferrocement properties and performance and its uses.

• The aim of this paper is to summarize presented literature on the use of

ferrocement.
Cracking pattern on folded panels

Cracking patern on plane panel

 CONCLUSION

• Ferrocement plates of least thickness with higher energy absorption, crack resistance

and high strength, which are useful for dynamic applications with great economic and

advantages were developed.

• The cracking load was not significantly affected by the number of the wire mesh layer

particularly for the Trough panel.

• Flexural strength of Geopolymer Panel with Fiber is more when compared with

Geopolymer Panel of without fiber.

“Flexural Behaviour of Ferro cement Slab Panels Using Expanded Metal
Mesh Incorporating Steel Fibers”
Author:-Prof. Mr. Darshan. G. Gaidhankar, Sayyed Saeed

• Main objective -Study the effect of using different no of wire mesh layers on the

flexural strength of flat ferrocement panels and to compare the effect of varying the

no of wire mesh layers and use of steel fibers on the ultimate strength and ductility

of ferrocement slab panels.

• Slab panels of size (200*550) with thickness 25 mm are reinforced with expanded

metal mesh with varying no of layers of mesh.

• Mix proportion (1:1.75) & w/c ratio (0.38) including super plasticizer

(Perma PC202) with dosage of 1% of total weight of cement.

• Curing period-28 days

• Test results -Greater flexural strength and less deflection.

 CONCLUSION

• Fexural loads first crack and ultimate loads depend on number of

reinforcing mesh layers used in ferrocement panel.

• Increasing the number of layers of wire mesh from 2 to 5 layers significantly

increases the ductility and capability to absorb energy of the panels.

• Steel fibers are capable of increasing the strength parameters like the

flexural strength of panels as compared to those without fibers.

Comparative study of ferrocement panels reinforced with galvanized iron
and polypropylene meshes
Author- Ubaid Ahmad Mughal, Muhammad Azhar Saleem , Safeer Abbas

• Ferrocement panels reinforced with galvanized iron (GI) mesh have been in use

historically.

• Polypropylene (PP) mesh, having rust free character, may serve as an alternative to

GI mesh.

• A total of 32 rectangular ferrocement panels were tested: 16 in flexure and 16 in

compression. Out of 16 panels tested in flexure, 8 were reinforced with GI mesh and

8 with PP mesh. Similarly, 8 GI and PP mesh panels each were test in compression.
• The specimens tested in flexure were simply supported on two short

edges and were tested under four point bending. The specimens

tested in compression were hinged at both ends.

• PP mesh panels exhibited better ductility properties as compared to

GI mesh panels.
 CONCLUSION

• The prime objective was to investigate the influence of these two types of

reinforcement on the behavior of ferrocement panels.

• For the entire stock of 32 panels tested in flexure and compression the panels

reinforced with GI mesh out classed the PP mesh panels.

• Ratio of ultima30 and 40 mm thick panels -Higher ductility.

• Conclusion- PP mesh panels cannot replace the GI mesh panels in the current

state. The 40 mm thick panels with 4 layers of PP mesh exhibited 40% and 37%

less strength then GI mesh panels in flexure and compression.

• The problem of corrosion -By combining the GI and PP mesh in the same panel.

• PP mesh -outer layers and GI mesh-inner layers.

• load (PU-GI/PU-PP) - 3.8 and 4.9 times for the flexural and compression testes.
Structural Behavior of Fibrous-Ferrocement Panel Subjected to Flexural
and Impact Loads
Author- Gunasekaran Murali Mugahed Amran Roman Fediuk Nikolai Vatin Sudharshan N. Raman Gundu
Maithreyi and Arunachalam Sumathi

• This study aims to assess the flexural and low-velocity impact response of
simply supported ferrocement panels reinforced with expanded wire mesh
(EWM) and steel fibers.
• 12 different ferrocement panel prototypes & Tested against a three-point
flexural load and falling mass impact test.
• The ferrocement panel system comprises mortar reinforced with 1% and
2% dosage of steel fibers and an EWM arranged in 1, 2, and 3 layers.
• Mortar preparation, w/c ratio of 0.4 Cured - 28 days.

• Primary endpoints -first crack and ultimate load capacity, deflection corresponding

to first crack and ultimate load, ductility index, flexural strength, crack width at

ultimate load, a number of impacts needed to induce crack commencement and

failure, ductility ratio, and failure mode.

• Three-layers of EWM inclusion and steel fibers resulted in an additional impact

resistance improvement at cracking and failure stages of ferrocement panels.

 CONCLUSION

• Highest compressive strength - 28 days - 70.8% and 50.5% for the mortar cube

incorporating 2% and 1% dosage of fiber, respectively, compared to non-fibrous mortar.

• Best contribution -Panel, comprising three layers of EWM with 2% steel fibers.

• Best contribution comes from the FP-3-2, followed by FP-2-2 panels. These panels

exhibited 149% and Materials 2020, 13, 5648 19 of 22 126% higher ultimate load than

FP-0-0 panels with the corresponding deflection of 4.4 mm and 4.66 mm, respectively.
• The mortar matrix influenced the width of the crack. Adding 2% steel

fibers in a mortar and three-layers EWM of the fabricated ferrocement

panel (FP-3-2) enhanced resistance to crack and flexural capacity.

• Crack opening width is reduced by about 68% compared to that of the

reference panel (FP-0-0)

Structural Response Of Ferrocement Panels Incorporating Lightweight Expanded
Clay And Perlite Aggregates: Experimental, theoretical and statistical analysis
Author- Amirhossein Madadi⁎ , Mahdi Tasdighi, Hamid Eskandari-Naddaf

• FPs- low cost, durable, thin engineering elements

• 21 FPs incorporating different contents of lightweight expanded clay (leca and

perlite aggregates and different number of expanded rib lath (ERL) layers.

• Results were compared against each other by means of load deflection curves.

• A statistical analysis was also performed using Taguchi method results -mean

values of Fcr and Fu wer.e higher at the FPs incorporating leca and perlite.
• Values of deflection were lower than those of FPs incorporating perlite by about 13%

and 31%, leading to a higher ductility index (DI) for the FPs incorporating perlite.

• Comparing the behavior of lightweight and normal FPs revealed that the DIs of the leca-

and perlite-incorporated FPs were about 21% lower and 5% higher than normal FPs.

• Results showed that the volume content of lightweight aggregates provided higher

contribution to improve the Fcr of the FPs, while the number of ERL layers was a more

influential factor on improving the Fu and controlling the DFcr and DFu of the FPs.
 CONCLUSION

• Results- In acceptable agreement with those of the experimental observations, which

further confirmed the validity of the theoretical method in prediction of the behavior of

lightweight FPs.

• The values of Fcr for the FPs incorporating leca was typically higher than those for the

FPs incorporating perlite, while the higher Fu values were generally corresponded to the

perlite-incorporated FPs.

• The values of DFcr and DFu for the FPs incorporating perlite were, respectively, about

13% and 31%.

• Comparing the behavior of lightweight and normal FPs showed that the

mean DIs of the leca- and perlite-incorporated FPs were, respectively, about

21% lower and 5% higher than normal FPs.

• Evaluation of the crack patterns highlighted that the number and width of

cracks observed on the surface of the FPs incorporating perlite were greater

than the FPs incorporating leca.

 Aim and objective of study

• Aim:-

To study and investigate the behavior of ferrocement panel experimentally and

analytically under flexural load.

• Objective:-

1. Effect of different meshes of ferrocement panels

2. Effect of panel thickness on ferrocement panels

3. Effect of number of wire mesh layers on ferrocement panels

 Experimental Work

• Cement Used:- Ordinary Portland Cement (Grade 43)

• Size of Ferrocement Panels used for test:-

1. 20x200x500

2. 30x200x700

3. 40x200x900

4. Panels
REFERENCES