Experimental Investigation On Beams Partial Replacement Below The Neutral Axis

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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON BEAMS PARTIAL REPLACEMENT BELOW

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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON
BEAMS PARTIAL REPLACEMENT
BELOW THE NEUTRAL AXIS
W.Godwin Jesudhason, Dr. G. Hemalatha
PG Student, School of Civil Engineering, HOD,School of Civil Engineering,
Karunya University, Coimbatore-641114, India. Karunya University, Coimbatore-641114, India.
[email protected] [email protected]
concrete beams. It has been observed that the

Abstract-This paper presents the Experimental replacement of concrete by bricks in reinforced
investigation criteria to replace the portion below the concrete beams does not require any extra labor or
neutral axis of the beam with Expanded polystyrene time. Economy and reduction of weight in beams
sheet (EPS). Expanded polystyrene sheet is a waste
depends on the percentage replacement of concrete
material obtained from the packing industries. It has
good flexibility property. Normally in beams failure by bricks.
occurs by Bending, but by embedding EPS sheet in AkhrawatLenwari* 2009Presented the effects of
concrete, shear cracks only occur while loading. While the two types of fiber sheets, namely, carbon and
considering weight criteria EPS embedded beam weighs
lesser compared to conventional beam.
glass fiber sheets, on the flexural behaviors of
reinforced concrete (RC) beams when they are
Keywords-Expanded Polystyrene Sheet(EPS), RC beams
.neural axis, Shear failure
bonded to the tension zones of the beams. A total of
eight full-scale beams were tested in the experiments.
I. INTRODUCTION The flexural strength and stiffness of RC beams were
found to increase significantly after the installation of
Reinforced concrete is being used in most of fiber sheets. An analytical model based on the
construction activities. In recent days the problem principle of virtual work was developed to predict the
faced by the construction industry is acute shortage load-deflection relationship of the hybrid beams. The
of raw materials. Researchers have been investigating paper also highlights the characteristics of deboning
many alternative materials to suite the Indian problem which limits the effective use of fiber
scenario. Rice husk, saw dust, light weight materials.
aggregates, copper slag, fly ash, are some of the
materials experimented. In the beams the M.R. Esfahania (2007)Presented the flexural
concretebelow the neutral axis does not take any behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened
tension .Hence the replacement of this concrete can using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP)
reduce the materials used for construction sheets. The effect of reinforcing bar ratio _ on the
flexural strength of the strengthened beams is
Patel Rakesh, ,(2012) carried out experimenting examined. Twelve concrete beam specimens with
it on brick-filled reinforced concrete beams.. In RC dimensions of 150 mm width, 200 mm height, and
beams less stresed concrete below neutral axis can be 2000 mm length were costed and tested. Beam
replaced by some light weight and low cost materials sections with three different reinforcing ratios, _,
like light weight concrete, bricks etc. In this study were used as longitudinal tensile reinforcement in
partially utilized concrete of RC beam has beam specimens. Nine specimens were strengthened in
replaced by some light weight and low cost materials flexure by CFRP sheets. The other three specimens
like light weight concrete by bricks. This will were considered as control specimens. The width,
reduced the weight of the structure. Brick filled length and number of layers of CFRP sheets varied in
reinforced concrete beams acts like composite beams different specimens. The flexural strength and
. stiffness of the strengthened beams increased
Behavior of reinforced concrete brick-filled compared to the control specimens.
beams is similar to that of reinforced concrete beams. In this paper projects experimental results carried
Presence of bricks in the low stressed zone has not carried out to study the flexural behaviors of beams
caused significant reduction in strength of reinforced
replaced with EXPANDED POLYTHRENE SHEET 2. Core concrete of beam replaced with EPS
( EPS) sheets in the region within the stirrups. sheets S2 ( fig2)
Expanded polytherene sheet was used since it
exhibits good properties.
II. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

Three specimens was casted with a size of
500x100x100mm
Solid beam Fig2
3. Concrete below Netural axis replaced with EPS
sheets (S3) (fig3)
Fig1(s1)
Beam with Full Expanded Polystyrene Sheet EPS Fig3
The weight of the beams are as follows:
1. Solid beam – 14.5kg. (f2)
2. Beam with Full EPS – 10.3kg ( f3)
3. Half EPS beam – 12.5kg (f1)
The EPS sheets used for the study had the
following properties.
1.Density: 6.37kg/m3 for 60mm thick EPS sheet
Fig2(S2)
11.81kg/m3 for 100mm thick EPS
Half Expanded Polystyrene Sheet EPS beam sheet
2. EPS sheets absorbed more than 80% of water,
when the sample is immersed in water for 24 hours,
but it regains its property immediately after drying.
3. Compressive Strength:0.8-1.6kg/cm
4.cross breaking strength:1.4-2.0kg/cm
5.Self ignition point:300oC
Fig3(S3)
Three models were casted namely
III. CASTING
1.Solid beam with full concrete S1 (fig1). The specimens were casted using M25 concrete
and immersed in water for 14 days.
IV. TESTING
The testing was carried out in universal testing

machine (UTM) of 100T capacity. Two point was
applied on the beams and the behaviors of the beams
was observed and load – deflection curve was
Fig1 plotted.
V. OBSERVATION REFERENCES
(i) The failure pattern and the load carrying 1. Patel Rakesh, Dubey S. K, Pathak K.K. ,2012. Brick
capacity was noted and following are the Filled Reinforced Concrete Composite Beam.
observations made. 2. AkhrawatLenwari* and ThaksinThepchatri., 2009., :
Experimental Study On Rc Beam Strengthened With Carbon And
1. The load carrying capacity was Glass Fiber Sheets.
maximum for solid model S1.
2. The cracks were formed in the 3. M.R. Esfahania, M.R. Kianoushb,, A.R. Tajaria (2007).,
Flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete beams strengthened by
tension zone in the middle of the beam CFRP sheets
indicating flexural failure.
(ii) For models f1 & f3 the peak load was less
than the solid concrete beam. However the cracks
started developing in the shear zone and shear failure
accrued. No bending cracks was observed in both the
models.
80
60
Load
40 Half EPS
20 Full EPS
0 Solid beam
0 5 10
Deflection
fig 4
The load deflection curved for all the
three specimens is shown in fig 4.
VI.CONCLUSION
From the experimental investigation carried to
replace in beam with EPS sheets the following
conclusion can be drawn.
1. Addition of EPS in the beams
prevents the bending failure since EPS
sheets undergo large without failure.
2. However the shear failure shows
that EPS sheets does not provide the
necessary cross section to resist shear.
3. Hence replacing the core of
concrete with EPS in the middle zone of the
length of beam can be an effective solution
of concrete and effective behavior in
bending and shear.
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