Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams Made with Oil Palm Shell (OPS)
Abstract This paper presents an investigation on the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete beams produced from oil palm shell (OPS) aggregates. Utilising OPS in concrete production not only solves the problem of disposing this solid waste but also helps conserve natural resources. A total of...
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This paper presents an investigation on the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete beams produced from oil palm
shell (OPS) aggregates. Utilising OPS in concrete production not only solves the problem of disposing this solid waste
but also helps conserve natural resources. A total of 6 under-reinforced beams with varying reinforcement ratios (0.52% to 3.90%) were fabricated and tested. Data presented include the deflection characteristics, cracking behaviour, ductility indices and end-rotations. The investigation revealed that the flexural behaviour of reinforced OPS concrete beams was comparable to that of other lightweight concretes and the experimental results compare reasonably well with the current Codes of Practice. It was observed that beams with low reinforcement ratios satisfied all the serviceability requirements as per BS 8110. |
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| spelling | oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:12792017-01-19T08:27:25Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/1279/ Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams Made with Oil Palm Shell (OPS) Teo , D.C.L. Mannan , M.A. Kurian, V.J. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Abstract This paper presents an investigation on the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete beams produced from oil palm shell (OPS) aggregates. Utilising OPS in concrete production not only solves the problem of disposing this solid waste but also helps conserve natural resources. A total of 6 under-reinforced beams with varying reinforcement ratios (0.52% to 3.90%) were fabricated and tested. Data presented include the deflection characteristics, cracking behaviour, ductility indices and end-rotations. The investigation revealed that the flexural behaviour of reinforced OPS concrete beams was comparable to that of other lightweight concretes and the experimental results compare reasonably well with the current Codes of Practice. It was observed that beams with low reinforcement ratios satisfied all the serviceability requirements as per BS 8110. Japan Concrete Institute 2006 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/1279/1/Flexural-behaviour-of-reinforced-lightweight-concrete-beams-made-with-oil-palm-shell-%28OPS%29_2006_Journal-of-Advanced-Concrete-Technology.pdf Teo , D.C.L. and Mannan , M.A. and Kurian, V.J. (2006) Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams Made with Oil Palm Shell (OPS). [Citation Index Journal] |
| spellingShingle | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Teo , D.C.L. Mannan , M.A. Kurian, V.J. Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams Made with Oil Palm Shell (OPS) |
| title | Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams Made
with Oil Palm Shell (OPS) |
| title_full | Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams Made
with Oil Palm Shell (OPS) |
| title_fullStr | Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams Made
with Oil Palm Shell (OPS) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams Made
with Oil Palm Shell (OPS) |
| title_short | Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams Made
with Oil Palm Shell (OPS) |
| title_sort | flexural behaviour of reinforced lightweight concrete beams made
with oil palm shell (ops) |
| topic | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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