Mid-span hollow foam concrete beam

Nurul Azuan, Mohamed Yusof (2014) Mid-span hollow foam concrete beam. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.

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Abstract

In the design of elevated precast concrete slab, hollow section is often adopted in order to reduce the selfweight of precast slab. With that idea, this project proposed hollow beams made of foam concrete and the investigate the performance of beams in terms of deflection, cracking, and strain. An experimental program including a solid foam concrete beam and 4 hollow foam concrete beams with different area of hole were tested under monotonic four point loading until ultimate physical failure. The dimension of beam is 0.15 x 0.2 x 3.0 m. The beam was simply supported during test with use the roller support. The results of performance for a solid beam and the hollow beams were compared in term of deflection, cracking, and strain. The strain gauge and linear variable displacement transducer (LVDT) were used to determine the strain and deflection of beam, respectively. From this experiment, the result show that the shear failure were occurred on the foam concrete beam. Therefore, the shear reinforcement or link need to be rectified. The hollow beam able to withstand until to the design load but will produce more deflection compare to a solid beam. However, the deflection of expected to be in the limit stated in code of practice.

Item Type: Undergraduates Project Papers
Additional Information: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources Project paper (Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering)) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang - 2014
Uncontrolled Keywords: Strength of materials;Concrete Analysis;Prestressed concrete beams;Concrete beams
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources
Depositing User: Muhamad Firdaus Janih@Jaini
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2015 06:52
Last Modified: 21 Jul 2021 03:19
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10092
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