A REVIEW PAPER ON FERROCEMENT ROOFING SYSTEM
Keywords:
Ferro cement; Wire Mesh, effect, Flexural Strength, Ductility, Ultimate Strength, Layers, panels, admixtures and steel reinforcementAbstract
The present study describes the results of testing flat Ferro cement slab panels reinforced with 2 layers of chicken wire mesh. The main objective of this work is to study the effect of using 2 layers of chicken wire mesh on the flexural strength of flat Ferro cement slab panels and to compare the effect of varying the number of wire mesh layers and use of steel reinforcement the ultimate strength and ductility of Ferro cement slab panels. The no of layers used are two, three and four. Slab panels of size (1m X 1m) with thickness 30 mm are reinforced with chicken wire mesh with varying no of layers of mesh. Panels were casted with mortar of mix proportion (1:1.75) and water cement ratio (0.4) including admixtures with dosage of 1. 1% of total weight of cement. Panels were tested under two point loading system in UTM machine after curing period of 28 days. Test result shows that panels with more number of layers exhibits greater flexural strength and less deflection as that compared with panels having less number of layers of mesh.
