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. STRENG WEIGHT AVG.

TH STRENGT
H
1 18.63 4.780
KN 0.980
2 21.57 KN 4.902 MPA

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. STRENGT WEIGHT AVG.

H KG STRENGT
H
1 57.3 KN 4.660
2 37.56 KN 5.471 1.704
MPA
3 34.13- 5.470
39.13 KN
4* (28 79.18 KN 5.275 3.52 MPA
DAYS)
COMPRESSION TEST RESULT:-
TEST RESULTS FOR 35:25:20:20 (METAL 2) :-
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FOR 28 DAYS
:-
CUBE NO STRENGT WEIGHT AVG.
H KG STRENGT
H
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
Thank u