Translucent Concrete: Seminar ON

SEMINAR
ON
TRANSLUCENT
CONCRETE
BY
SHASHANK R JAVALAGI
7TH SEM CV
NIE, MYSORE
CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 MATERIAL USED FOR TRANSLUCENT
CONCRETE
 PRINCIPLE
 MANUFACTURING PROCESS
 APPLICATIONS
 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
 Translucent concrete is a concrete based building material
having light-Transmissive property.
 Light-Transmissive property is mainly due to uniform
distribution of high numerical aperture Plastic Optical
Fibres (POF) throughout its body.
 Hence it is also known to be transparent concrete,
LiTraCon.
MATERIAL USED FOR TRANSLUCENT
CONCRETE
 The two basic materials used for making
transparent concrete
1. Fine concrete
2. Optical fibres
 Fine concrete: Consists of cement and fine
aggregate such as sand.
 Optical fibres: There are 3 kinds
I. Multimode graded-index fibre

II. Multimode step-index fibre
III. Single-mode step-index fibres.
PRINCIPLE
 Translucent concrete works Based on
“Nano-Optics”.
 These fibres passes as much light when
tiny slits are placed directly on top of each
other. Hence optical fibers in the concrete
act like the slits and carry the light across
throughout the concrete.
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
 The manufacturing process of
transparent concrete is almost same as
regular concrete.
 Small layers of the concrete are poured
into the mould and on top of each
layers, a layer of fibres is infused.
 Fabric and concrete are alternately
inserted into moulds at intervals of
approximately 2 mm to 5mm.
 Light-transmitting concrete is produced by

adding 4% to 5% optical fibres by volume
into the concrete mixture.
 The concrete mixture is made from fine
materials and does not contain coarse
aggregate.
 Thousands of strands of optical fibres are
cast into concrete to transmit light
 Smaller or thinner layers allow an increased
amount of light to pass through the concrete.
LITRACON - LIGHT
PRODUCT TRANSMITTING
CONCRETE

 The casted material is
Form Prefabricated blocks
cut into panels or blocks
96% concrete, 4%
Ingredients
optical fibre of the specified
thickness and the

Density 2100-2400 Kg/m3
surface is then typically

Block size 600mm x 300mm
polished, resulting in

Thickness 25-500mm
finishes ranging from

Colour White, Grey or Black
semi-gloss to high-

Fibre distribution Organic
gloss.

Finished Polished

Compressive strength 50 N/mm2

Bending Tensile
7 N/mm2
strength
APPLICATIONS
 Transparent concrete
blocks suitable for
floors, pavements and
load-bearing walls.
 Facades, interior wall
cladding and dividing
walls based on thin
panels.
 Partitions wall and it
can be used where the
sunlight does not reach
properly.
APPLICATIONS
 In furniture for the decorative and

aesthetic purpose.
 Light sidewalks at night.
 Increasing visibility in dark subway
stations.
 Lighting indoor fire escapes, in the
event of a power failure.
 Illuminating speed bumps on
roadways at night.
ADVANTAGES
 Energy saving can be done by utilization
of transparent concrete in building.
 It has very good architectural properties
for giving good aesthetical view to the
building.
DISADVANTAGES
 The concrete is very costly because of

the optical fibres.
 Casting of transparent concrete block is
difficult for the labour so special skilled
person is required.
CONCLUSION
 Transparent concrete can be developed by adding

optical fibre or large diameter glass fibre in the
concrete mixture.
 It has good light guiding property and the ratio of
optical fibre volume to concrete is proportionate to
transmission of light.
 It doesn’t loose the strength parameter when
compared to regular concrete and also it has very
vital property from the aesthetic point of view.
 This new kind of building material can integrate the
concept of green energy saving
REFERENCES
 Victoria Bailey, “Translucent Concrete”,

MEEN
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translucent_concr
ete
 wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber
 byen.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiTraCon
 www.litracon.hu/
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I. Multimode graded-index fibre

 Light-transmitting concrete is produced by

surface is then typically

finishes ranging from

Compressive strength 50 N/mm2

 In furniture for the decorative and

 The concrete is very costly because of

 Transparent concrete can be developed by adding

 Victoria Bailey, “Translucent Concrete”,

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