scholarly journals Lightweight concrete as covers on floating house platforms made from expanded polystyrene system (EPS) material

2022 ◽  
Vol 955 (1) ◽  
pp. 012012
Author(s):  
D B Cahyono ◽  
H P Adi ◽  
S I Wahyudi ◽  
Pratikso

Abstract Floating houses can be utilized in coastal areas as they are equipped with platforms made from expanded polystyrene system (styrofoam) and lightweight concrete covers. A lightweight concrete cover on a floating house platform made from styrofoam can improve the feasibility of housing in terms of strength, comfort and cleanliness. This research aims to obtain mixture that meet the weight and compressive strength requirements of lightweight concrete and produce them as covers on floating houses platform. The compositions of lightweight concrete materials in this research use volume ratios of 1 Pc: 2 Sand: 3 Styrofoam, 1 Pc: 1.5 Sand: 2.5 Styrofoam and 1 Pc: 1.25 Sand: 2.75 Styrofoam. The research results show that the concrete made with styrofoam qualifies as lightweight concrete with average volume weight of concrete produced between 1000-1300 kg/m3. The lightest concrete weight (1097.88 kg/m3) could be obtained from variations of mixture of 1 Pc: 1.25 Sand: 2.75 Styrofoam, The highest concrete compressive strength results were obtained from the mixture of 1 Pc: 2 Sand: 3 Styrofoam (119.26 kg/cm2). The variations of concrete mixture of 1 Pc: 2 Sand: 3 Styrofoam can be considered as lightweight concrete (≤ 1900 kg/m3).

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (17) ◽  
pp. 954-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Xu ◽  
Linhua Jiang ◽  
Jinxia Xu ◽  
Hongqiang Chu ◽  
Yang Li

2021 ◽  
Vol 328 ◽  
pp. 10006
Author(s):  
Daud Andang Pasalli ◽  
Dina Limbong Pamuttu ◽  
Rahmat Fajar Septiono ◽  
Chitra Utary ◽  
Hairulla Hairulla

The use of lightweight concrete materials in Indonesia, especially in the Merauke Regency area can be an alternative amid the rapid development of the housing sector. In this experimental study, the author took the initiative to replace coarse aggregate with wood charcoal as light coarse aggregate. The purpose of this study was to determine the value of compressive strength and to determine whether the wood charcoal material met the standard of lightweight concrete coarse aggregate. Planning the proportion of lightweight concrete mixture in this study using a volume ratio between cement, sand and wood charcoal of 1: 2, 1: 2: 2.5 and 1: 2: 5 with variations of test days at 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28 day. From the results of the compressive strength test of lightweight concrete, the use of wood charcoal aggregate as coarse aggregate in concrete causes the value of the compressive strength of concrete to decrease.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erniati Bachtiar

Concrete construction technology is directed to be sustainable and ecofriendly. The waste of the candlenut shell as a substitute for the coarse aggregate of concrete mixture is known that the candlenut shell has a hard texture so it may be used as a substitute for coarse aggregates in concrete. The purpose of the research was to determine the effect of Candlenut shell as a substitute of coarse aggregate on physical properties (slump test, bleeding, segregation, volume weight) and mechanical properties (compressive strength and tensile strength) of concrete using Candlenut shell as replacement material of the coarse aggregate. The variation of the research was percentage of the Candlenut shell in the concrete mixture, that was 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% to the coarse aggregate volume in the concrete mixture. Number of specimens in reseach was each 5 pieces each variation. Testing of mechanical properties of concrete (compressive strength and tensile strength) was performed at 28 days. Testing of the concrete for compressive strength test and tensile strength on age 28 days. Concrete using candlenut shell as a substitute of coarse aggregates has decreased compressive strength respectively 11.72 MPa (37.71%) for 25% candlenut shell; 15.54 MPa (50.00%) for 50% candlenut shell; 18.35 MPa (59.02%) for 75% candlenut shell; And 18,85 MPa (60,66%) for 100% candlenut shell from of the 0% candlenut shell with compressive strength of 31.08 Mpa. Concrete using for 25% candlenut shell as a substitute for coarse aggregates decreased tensile strength respectively of 0.95 MPa (28.70%) for 25% candlenut shell; 1.21 MPa (36.56%) for 50% candlenut shell; 1.27 MPa (38.37%) for 75% candlenut shell; And 1.40 MPa (42.30%) for 100% candlenut shell from of the 0% candlenut shell with the tensile strength of BN of 3.31 MPa. The decrease in the value of compressive strength and tensile strength is strongly influenced by the increasing percentage of Candlenut shells on concrete


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Muhammad Muhsar ◽  
Abdul Kadir ◽  
Sulaiman Sulaiman

The purpose of this study was to Analyze the characteristics of theaggregates used in concrete mixtures and analyze how muchincrease in compressive strength of concrete with a variation ofnickel slag substitution 0%, 5%, 15%, 25% compared with normalconcrete. The characteristics of the material examined are watercontent, sludge content, specific gravity and absorption, volumeweight, abrasion with los angeles machines, and filter analysis.While the large increase in compressive strength of concrete can betested at the age of 7 days, 14 days, 28 days and 35 days. From the results of the analysis of the characteristics of nickel slagwaste in concrete mixes meet the test standards in concretemixtures, with a moisture content of 0.86%, sludge content of 0.44%,specific gravity of 2.94 gr / cm3, volume weight of 1.76 gr / cm3,abrasion 36.07%. And a large increase in compressive strength ofconcrete with a variation of nickel slag substitution of 0%, 5%, 15%,25% compared to normal concrete is increasing. The highestpercentage increase in concrete compressive strength is found inconcrete compressive strength between a variation of 15% with avariation of 25% at 14 days concrete age, with a percentage increasein value of 13.13%.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1033 ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
Alexandra Reto ◽  
Renzo Sanabria ◽  
José Rodriguez ◽  
Alexandra Hinostroza

The precast concrete elements in the construction of buildings are increasingly used due to their better quality control, constructive speed, reduction of the number of workers and less waste of resources compared to conventional construction; for wall applications, to these advantages, the design to ensure thermal comfort requires the improvement of the low thermal insulation of conventional concrete panels. The use of materials with lower thermal conductivity such as Expanded PolyStyrene Beads (EPSB) in lightweight concrete for the construction of precast panels in housing, contributes to improve thermal insulation and the saving operational energy during its operation phase, because the aggregate has a small size, low density and thermal conductivity; applied in higher volumes in concrete, reduces indoor heat loss in cold climates and indoor heat gain in warm climates in housing. The purpose of this research is to study the behavior of lightweight concrete with EPSB for 16%, 26% and 36% addition and evaluate the air-dry density, compressive strength, thermal conductivity, relationship between air-dry density with compressive strength and thermal conductivity. The results indicate that the higher the percentage of EPSB the air-dry density, compressive strength and thermal conductivity decrease; the relationships between air-dry density with compressive strength and thermal conductivity follow a linear trend and are similar.


Author(s):  
Mateus Titon Tostes ◽  
Daniel Hastenpflug

The search for more efficient concrete structures requires use of new materials in the developed of new concretes. With this objective, it was proposed in this study the substitution of Part of the medium sand of the lightweight structural concrete for expanded polystyrene (PS). It was replaced 5%, 10% and 20% of the sand to observe the changes in compressive strength, flowability, absorption, density and modulus of elasticity of these concretes. The results of the study show that there was an increase in the absorption and loss in the compressive strength and modulus of elasticity. Also, there was a significant increase in the flowability and reduction in the density of these concretes. Even with the replacement of part of the medium sand by expanded polystyrene, the concretes developed were classified as lightweight structural concretes, showing the applicability of this substitution in concrete designs.


2018 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 01027
Author(s):  
Duc Hoang Minh ◽  
Ly Le Phuong

Expanded polystyrene lightweight concrete is a composite which can be made by adding expanded polystyrene aggregate in normalweight concrete (as matrix). The research was focused on the effect of properties and volume of the matrix on the properties of lightweight concrete. The results show that properties of structural polystyrene concrete, such as workability and compressive strength, depend on the aggregate size of the matrix. It also shows that decreasing aggregate size of the matrix is the effective way to increase workability and compressive strength of lightweight concrete. When the density of concretes decrease by 200 kg/m³, slump values decrease by about 20 to 30 mm with lightweight concrete mixtures using maximum particle size of 0.63 mm, while slump values decrease by about 40 mm with the mixtures using maximum particle size of 20 mm. At the same density, the compressive strength of the structural polystyrenre concrete significantly decreased when the coarse aggregate diameter greater than 10 mm. Therefore, coarse aggregates with diameter size are smaller than 10 mm was recommended to use for matrix. In the result, expanded polystyrene concrete with density from 1,400 kg/m³ to 2,000 kg/m³ and compressive strength more than 20 MPa for structural application was made.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 594-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bengin Herki

The environmental impacts of the construction industry can be minimised through using waste and recycled materials to replace natural resources. Results are presented of an experimental study concerning capillary transport of water in concrete incorporating densified expanded polystyrene (EPS) as a novel aggregate. A new environmentally friendly technique of densifying was used to improve the resistance to segregation of EPS beads in concrete. Twelve concrete mixes with three different water/cement ratios of 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 with varying novel aggregate content ratios of 0, 30, 60 and 100% as partial replacement for natural aggregate by equivalent volume were prepared and tested. Total absorption, absorption by capillary action, and compressive strength was determined for the various concrete mixes at different curing times. The results indicated that there is an increase in total water absorption (WA) and capillary water absorption (CWA) and a decrease in compressive strength with increasing amounts of the novel aggregate in concrete. However, there is no significant difference between the CWA of control and concretes containing lower replacement level.


2020 ◽  
Vol 329 ◽  
pp. 04010
Author(s):  
Galina Okolnikova ◽  
Lina Abass Saad ◽  
Majeed M. Haidar ◽  
Fouad adnan noman Abdullah Al-shaibani

The ability of concrete to give a lower weight and retain good properties for strength is very important concrete structures. Lightweight concrete is known for its brittleness hence the strengthening of the concrete with dispersed chopped fiber is necessary. The addition of dispersed chopped fiber in polystyrene concrete to check the effect of the fiber this concrete the main objective of this paper. The experimental method of research was used in this research paper after a proper review of previous works by other researchers were done. 42 grams of fiber were added in the concrete mix of each composition. The results of this research show a noticeable effect of fiber in the lightweight expanded polystyrene concrete. The concrete without fiber showed the best compressive strength followed by the concrete with dispersed polypropylene fiber.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erniati Bachtiar

Concrete construction technology is directed to be sustainable and ecofriendly. The waste of the candlenut shell as a substitute for the coarse aggregate of concrete mixture is known that the candlenut shell has a hard texture so it may be used as a substitute for coarse aggregates in concrete. The purpose of the research was to determine the effect of Candlenut shell as a substitute of coarse aggregate on physical properties (slump test, bleeding, segregation, volume weight) and mechanical properties (compressive strength and tensile strength) of concrete using Candlenut shell as replacement material of the coarse aggregate. The variation of the research was percentage of the Candlenut shell in the concrete mixture, that was 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% to the coarse aggregate volume in the concrete mixture. Number of specimens in reseach was each 5 pieces each variation. Testing of mechanical properties of concrete (compressive strength and tensile strength) was performed at 28 days. Testing of the concrete for compressive strength test and tensile strength on age 28 days. Concrete using candlenut shell as a substitute of coarse aggregates has decreased compressive strength respectively 11.72 MPa (37.71%) for 25% candlenut shell; 15.54 MPa (50.00%) for 50% candlenut shell; 18.35 MPa (59.02%) for 75% candlenut shell; And 18,85 MPa (60,66%) for 100% candlenut shell from of the 0% candlenut shell with compressive strength of 31.08 Mpa. Concrete using for 25% candlenut shell as a substitute for coarse aggregates decreased tensile strength respectively of 0.95 MPa (28.70%) for 25% candlenut shell; 1.21 MPa (36.56%) for 50% candlenut shell; 1.27 MPa (38.37%) for 75% candlenut shell; And 1.40 MPa (42.30%) for 100% candlenut shell from of the 0% candlenut shell with the tensile strength of BN of 3.31 MPa. The decrease in the value of compressive strength and tensile strength is strongly influenced by the increasing percentage of Candlenut shells on concrete.


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