TEXTILE REINFORCED CONCRETE

PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGY
SERC- GROUP 2
ABOUT
Textile reinforced concrete (TRC) is an
upcoming non-conventional construction
material consisting of fine grained
cementitious binder and non-metallic textile
reinforcement. CSIR-Structural Engineering
Research Centre (CSIRSERC) has
developed textile reinforced concrete
prototyping technology (TRCPT), a precast
technology to produce TRC components for
which an Indian patent has been filed
FEATURES
● Completely avoids the conventional way of concrete
construction, which makes use of moulds.
● Prototyping of textile reinforced composite sheets yields
products of various shapes and forms for structural
as well as non-structural applications.
● Less fabrication cost with increased production rate
● Roofing sheets, slabs, tiles, filigree products, shells,
pipes, etc. are some of the products made by using
TRCPT
● Products can find a host of applications in infrastructure
engineering including structural strengthening, repair
and rehabilitation, lining of tunnel or canal, column
jacketing, fire protection, wind energy generation
infrastructure, affordable mass housing, etc
TECHNICAL DETAILS
● Prototyping is done by placing the TRC sheets over the shape to be constructed soon after
the production, and it adapts to the specific configuration
● The mechanical properties of TRC products are controlled while producing the TRC sheet
itself, and this convenience leads to less variability of its properties
● Scale up and scale down of this technology is possible for in-site applications
● TRCPT technology also helps to increase the speed of manufacture of TRC products
● Different textiles made from fibers of glass, carbon, basalt, etc. can be used as reinforcement
in TRC products
● TRC sheet can be cut in the wet state during production
● Thickness of TRC products can vary from 6 mm to 25 mm
● Density of TRC: 1800-2100 kg/m3, Compressive strength of binder- 40-60 MPa; Tensile
strength of TRC: 4-20 MPa; Water absorption <5%, Low chloride penetration
● Established lab level production rate of TRC sheets at 8 m2/h
APPLICATIONS
● Production of standalone components such as sandwich panels,
facade elements, industrial flooring tiles, street furnitures, canopy
structure partition walls, noise barriers, roofing elements,
manhole covers.

● Production of nonstructural components such as flower pots,

wash basins, door and window frames, door panels, etc.
● RCPT is suitable for mass production of textile reinforced concrete
products in a factory without using molds
● Various types of textiles and cementitious binders can be used to
develop TRC products. TRC PIPE
ADVANTAGES
● suitable for mass production of textile reinforced concrete products in a factory without using molds.

● Lightweight and non corrosive concrete products.

● Possibility to custom-design a product by suitably choosing the textile and cementitious binder
combination
● Feasibility of on-site up-and-down scaling of the technology implementation
● Unique technology that can be deployed to produce a variety of products
● Overall production process optimizes the time required to fabricate and finish a ready-to-use product
● Affordable precast products for mass housing, improving
the living standards of unskilled manpower by being instrumental in job creation, possibility for
on-site production of quality products at the project site are the main advantages of adopting TRCPT
● High-quality precast TRC products along with the advantage of zero transport costs
● Aesthetically appealing designs can be embossed on the TRC sheets / slabs without incurring extra
time or cost
ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES FROM CSIR- SERC
• Light-weight TRC tiles for wall/flooring applications
• Mobile construction unit for producing TRC products
• TRC non-load bearing panels
• TRC load bearing wall panel system