BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the report titled STRENGTHENING OF R.C.COLUMN
BY RETROFITING USING FERROCEMENT "is
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done
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bonafide
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Guide
Mr.V.SANTHOSHRAJA.,M.Tech
Assistant professor,
PRIST UNIVERSITY,
Thanjavur.
External Examiner
Internal Examiner
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I express my whole hearted thanks to Prof.P.MURUGESAN , Honorable Chancellor
of PRIST UNIVERSITY for giving me an opportunity to initiate and preparation of this
project report.
I express my sincere thanks to Dr. N.ETHIRAJLU, Vice Chancellor of PRIST
UNIVERSITY for his generous help and for the successful completion of this project.
I express my sincere thanks to Prof. G.KANNAN,M.Tech,(Ph.D) Dean of PRIST
UNIVERSITY for incessant encouragement for completing of this project report.
I express my sincere thanks to Mr. B.JOSE RAVINDARA RAJ M.E, HOD of Civil
Engineering Department of PRIST UNIVERSITY, for giving constant inspiration for
completing project.
I express irrevocably indebted to my guide Mr. V.SANTHOSHRAJA, M.Tech., for
providing invaluable guidance, accelerating discussions, constructive criticisms and
continued encouragement from the very initial stage to the completion of this project .
I also thank all other faculty and staff member of the department of Civil Engineering
PRIST UNIVERSITY, and to my friends for their kind cooperation and help, which
made the project a successful one.
Last but not least; I thank our beloved PARENTS and all our FACULTIES and
FRIENDS for their timely help and valuable suggestions.
ABSTRACT
Reinforced concrete structural components are found to exhibit distress, even
before their service period is over due to several causes. Such unserviceable structures
require immediate attention, enquiry into the cause of distress and suitable remedial
measures, so as to bring the structures back to their functional use again. This
strengthening and enhancement of the performance of such deficient structural elements
in a structure or a structure as a whole is referred to as retrofitting. The all important
issues to be addressed in retrofitting is life safety. Some retrofit requirements may try to
address only the issue of life safety, while acknowledging that some structural damage
may occur. Ferrocement as a retrofitting material can be pretty useful because it can be
applied quickly to the surface of the damaged element without the requirement of any
special bonding material and also it requires less skilled labour, as compared to other
retrofitting solutions presently existing. The ferrocement construction has an edge over
the conventional reinforced concrete material because of its lighter weight, ease of
construction, low self weight, thinner section as compared to RCC & a high tensile
strength which makes it a favourable material for prefabrication also. In the present thesis
shear deficient RC beams initially stressed to a prefixed percentage of the safe load are
retrofitted using ferrocement to increase the strength of beam in both shear and flexure,
the wiremesh is placed at an angle of 45to the longitudinal axis of the beam.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
TITLE
PAGE
ABSTRACT
iii
LIST OF TABLES
Vii
LIST OF FIGURES
Viii
ix
INTRODUTION
1.1
GENERAL
1.2
FERROCEMENT
1.3
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
1.4
FERROCEMENT
1.5
ADVANTAGES OF FERROCEMENT
1.6
DISADVANTAGES OF FERROCEMENT
1.7
IMPORTANCE OF RETROFITTING
1.8
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE
1.9
OBJECTIVE
1.10
SCOPE
10
1.11
APPLICATIONS
10
LITERATURE REVIEW
12
2.1
GENERAL
12
2.2
13
2.2.1Strengthening of Beams
14
15
16
Beams
CHAPTER
2.3
TITLE
PAGE
2.2.4
16
2.2.5
17
2.2.6
19
2.2.7
19
2.2.8
20
2.2.9
21
2.2.10
21
2.2.11
22
SUMMERY OF LITERATURE
22
METHODOLOGY
23
3.1
GENERAL
23
3.2
MATERIAL TESTING
24
3.2.1
General
24
3.2.2
24
3.2.3
26
3.2.4
29
3.3
CONCLUSION
32
3.3.1
Summary of Phase I
32
3.3.2
Future Plan
33
3.3.3
Work Progress
33
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE
TITLE
PAGE
3.1
24
3.2
25
3.3
25
3.4
25
3.5
26
3.6
27
3.7
27
3.8
28
3.9
29
3.10
30
3.11
30
3.12
31
3.13
Result Comparison
32
LIST OF FIGURES
TABLE
TITLE
PAGE
1.1
Woven Mesh
1.2
Perforated Sheet
1.3
1.4
Expanded Metal
1.5
3.1
Methodology
23
Percentage
RCC
fc'
Strength of mortar
Vcr
Vf
ft
Weight
W/C
FA
Fine Aggregate
CA
Coarse Aggregate
a/h
Diameter
Span Length
Leff
Effective Length
Depth
Thickness