GUIDED BY :-

PRESENTED BY :-

PREETHA PRABHAKARAN

AKHIL SAJU

INTRODUCTION

1. Ferro-cemnt is a relatively new material consist of wire meshes and cement mortar.

2. Developed by P.L.Nervi,an Italian architect in 1940.

3. Widely used due to the low self weight,lack of skilled workers,no need of framework etc….

4. Quality of ferrocement works are assured because the components are manufactured on machinery set up and execution time at work site is less.

5. Maintenance cost is low.

6. Ferro-cement construction has come into widespread use only in the last two decades.

What is Ferro-cement?

• Highly versatile form of reinforced concrete.• Its a type of thin reinforced concret

construction,in which large amount of small dia wire meshes uniformly through out the cross section.

• Mesh may be metal or suitable material.• Instead of concrete portland cement mortar is

used.• Strength depends on two factors quaility of

sand/cement mortar mix and quantity of reinforcing materials used.

Typical cross section of ferro-cement structure.

Constituent Materials

1. Cement2. Fine Aggregate3. Water4. Admixture5. Mortar Mix6. Reinforcingmesh7. Skeletal Steel8. Coating

REINFORCING MESH

Advantages• Basic raw materials are readily

available in most countries.• Fabricated into any desired shape.• Low labour skill required.• Ease of construction,low weight

and long lifetime.• Low construction material cost.• Better resistance against

earthquake.

Disadvantages• Structures made of it can be punctured by

collision with pointed objects.• Corrosion of the reinforcing materials due to the

incomplete coverage of metal by mortar.• It is difficult to fasten to ferrocement with

bolts,screws,welding and nail etc…..• Large no of labours required.• Cost of semi-skilled and unskilled labours is

high.• Tying rods and mesh together is especially

tedious and time consuming.

Ferro-cement Construction

•Fabricating the skeletal framing system.

•Applying rods and meshes.•Plastering.•Curing

Applications• Housing.

• Marine.

• Agricultural.

• Rural Energy.

• Anticorrosive Membrane Treatment.

• Miscellaneous.

Housing Applications

Marine Application

Aggricultural

Rural Energy

Cost Effectiveness Of Ferro-cement Structures

• The type of ecnomic system.

• Type of applications.

• Relative cost of labour.

• Capital and local tradition of construction procedure.

• Doesn’t need heavy plant or machinery.

• Low cost of construction materials.

Recent Applications

• Residential And Public Buildings.

• Industrial Structures.

• Agricultural structures.

• Transportation Structures.

Residential And Public Buildings

Industrial Structures

Agricultural Structures

Transportation Structures

CONCLUSION• Ferro-cement come into wide spead use only in the last

two decades and still in its infancy.Sufficient design information is available and adequate field experience has been acquired to enable safe design and construction of many types of ferro-cement structures.

• Whether it can economically compete with alternate materials depends on the type and location of application.

• For industrially developed countries,ferro-cement seems economical for medium storage tank.roof shells,boat,tank and the ease of forming complicated shapes and lighter weight of ferro-cement can be safely exploited.

REFERENCES1. Jouranl of Ferrocement ISSN 0125-1759 CODEN

JOFEDZ.

2. Book Review Of Ferro-cement and Laminated Cementatious by Batson.G (2000).

3. Economical Construction Techniques for Walls by P.K Adlakha.

4. Ferro-cement Application In The Developing Countries by M.Nervi.

5. www,forintek.ca/acessed 12th Feb2007.

6. www,Architectureforhumsnity.com/acessed 10th Feb2007.

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