Prepared by:-

Tushar Deshmukh
Vishal Makwana
Vaibhav Kanadia
Jigar Soni

Guided by:-
Prof. K.P jayteerth
Introduction to Paper-Crete:-
 This is a recently developed material . It is made
with re-pulped paper-fiber with a combination of
Portland cement and or clay.
 This type of material is considered environmental
friendly material.
 Paper-Crete is essentially a type of industrial
strength paper Mache made with paper and
cardboard, sand and Portland cement.
 It was discovered by Eric Patterson and Mike
McCain.
Our Objective:-
 The objective of this project is to design and build
a rigid, cost effective and economical inner wall
of the structure or building.
 As builders and building owners are pressurized
to use sustainable construction materials, a
previously tassel building material known as
paper-Crete has gained a lot of popularity amidst
the recent greening up efforts.
 Paper-Crete is a recent technology and its use is
limited to experimental and recreation use.
Relevance:-

 Paper-Crete is suitable for making low cost

homes with limited longevity and durability.
 It is also suitable for making community rooms,
sale booths, storage rooms and dwellings for
livestock. Paper-Crete can also be used as a
plaster.
 It can be sprayed on walls to give them good
sound and heat insulating properties.
Pros of Paper-Crete:-
 Raw materials are very inexpensive and freely
available.
 Equipment used is relatively low-tech and
inexpensive.
 Compressive strength of 0.99-1.12 mpa.
 It has excellent heat and sound insulating properties.
 Paper-Crete is light weight and can be used to make
inexpensive roofing alternatives.
 Paper-Crete is very workable and can be formed into
different shapes such as blocks, panels and sheets
with ease.
 It does not catch fire easily but smolders for hours.
Continued:-

 It is dimensionally very stable.

 The more cement and mineral material is used
the more fire proof it becomes.
 Resist rodent and insect infestation.
 R-value is about 2.0 and 3.0 per inch.
Methodology we are Adopting:-

 Literature review.
 Casting of cubes with different material and with
different ratio.
 Curing of cubes. {air dry curing}
 Testing of the compressive strength.
 Permeability test.
 Flame test.
 Conclusion.
PAPER-CRETE RATIO :-
 FOLLOWING ARE THE DESIGN TRAILS:-

 45:35:20 { CEMENT: PULP: SAND }

 35:25:20:20 { CEMENT: SAND: PULP: M1 }
 35:25:20:20 { CEMENT: SAND: PULP: M2 }
COMPRESSION TEST RESULTS:-
 TEST RESULTS FOR 45:35:20 :-
 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FOR 7 DAYS

CUBE NO. STRENGTH WEIGHT AVG.

STRENGTH

1 18.63 KN 4.780
0.980 MPA
2 21.57 KN 4.902

3 25.98 KN 4.930

4* 30.4 KN 3.276 1.35 MPA

COMPRESSION TEST RESULTS:-
 TEST RESULTS FOR 35:25:20:20 (METAL 1) :-
 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FOR 7 DAYS

CUBE NO. STRENGTH WEIGHT AVG.

KG STRENGTH

1 57.3 KN 4.660
1.704 MPA
2 37.56 KN 5.471
3 34.13-39.13 5.470
KN

4* (28 DAYS) 79.18 KN 5.275 3.52 MPA

COMPRESSION TEST RESULT:-
 TEST RESULTS FOR 35:25:20:20 (METAL 2) :-
 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FOR 28 DAYS :-

CUBE NO STRENGTH WEIGHT AVG.

KG STRENGTH
1 116.4 KN 5.310

2 110.3 KN 5.220 4.85 MPA

3 100.3 KN 5.065

4* 105.5 KN 5.120 4.688 MPA

TEST ON CUBES AND FAILURE:-
FAILURE PATTERN :-
SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT:-

 During this project we had casted total 12 cubes, i.e. 3 sets.

Out of each set 1 cube is kept for oven drying and remaining
cubes for air drying.
 After casting the cubes we had observed that compressive
strength of the oven dried cubes is greater than air dried
cubes.
 We had also observed that this cube’s fail in shear only.
CONCLUSION:-

 From the above results we conclude that density of the

paper-crete is less than the ordinary bricks density.
 Thus we can use the paper-crete for inner wall construction
in place of bricks which has high density, thereby they
increase the dead weight of the structure which is reduced by
using paper-crete.
References:-
 http://www.papercrete.com/
 http://papercretenm.com/
 http://www.papercrete.info/home/papercret
e-pros-and-cons/
 http://livinginpaper.com/
 http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/papercr
ete.htm