LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE

SUMBMITTED BY:
Danish saifi
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DEPARMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
SKYLINE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
INTRODUTION:

 LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE IS A SPECIAL CONCRETE WHICH LIGHTER THAN

CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE .
 DENSITY OF THIS CONCRETE IS CONSIDERABLY LOW 300KG/M3 TO 1850KG/M3
WHEN COMPARED TO NORMAL CONCRETE.
 IT MAY BE DEFINE AS ;
 CONCRETE WHICH USE LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATES
 MAY CONSIST OF LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE ARE USED IN ORDINARY
CONCRETE OF COARSE AGGREGATE ARE USED IN SAND ,CLAY,FORM SLAG ETC
OBJETIVE:

 THE BASIC PRINCIPAL BEHIND THE MAKING OF LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE IS BY

INDUCING THE AIR IN CONCRETE
 TO ACHIVE THE ABOVE PRINCIPAL PRACTICCALLY, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT
WAY ;
 BY REPLACING THE CONVENTIONAL MINERAL AGGREGATES BY CELLULAR PORUS
AGGREGATES
 BY INCORPORATING THE AIR OR GAS BUBBLES IN THE CONCRETE(AAC)
 BY OMITTING THE SAND FOR THE CONCRETE (NO FINES CONCRETE)
METHODS OF PREPARATION OF LWC:

 PREPARATION OF PORUS CONCRETE LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE OBTAINED BY

INSERTING GAS BUBBLES OR AIR INTO THE MIXTURE OF PLASTIC CEMENT
 LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE DID NOT CONTAIN STONE INCLUDED AS PORUS
MORTAR.

 AGRREGATES USED SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION

 ATLEAST 95% OF AGREGGATES MUST BE VIA THE 18MM BS SIEVE

 THE STONE AGGREGATE USE SHALL NOT EXCEED 10% BY 10MM BS SIEV.

 STONE DID NIT DIFFUSE THROUGH THE BS 4MM SIEVE

TYPE OF LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE:

 THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF LIGHTE WEIGHT CONCRETE

 LIGHT WEIGHTAGGREGATE CONCRET

 AERATED CONCRETE

 NO FINES CONCRETE
CONCLUSION:
 LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE CONCRETE HAS BEEN SHOWN BY TEST AND BY
PERFORMANCE TO BEHAVE STRUCTURALLY IN MUCH THE SAME MANNER AS
NORMAL WEIGHT CONCRETE

 FOR PROPERTIES WHICH DIFFER . THE DIFFERENCE ARE LARGELY THOSE OF DEGREE

 THE DESIGNER MUST CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF LIGHTER WEIGHT AND BETTER
INSULATION IN RELATION TO EXTRA COST OF LIGHT WEIGHT MIX

 MUCH HELPFUL INFORMATION IS AVAILIBLE FROM PRODUCER OF LIGHT WEIGHT

THROUGH THEOR FIELD CONTROL AND TECHNICAL SERVICE