Novel Pre-Engineered Load-Bearing Steel-Foamed Concrete Composite Panels
- For the first time in India, composite panels, a novel building component comprising of outer skins of cold formed steel sheeting with infill light weight cellular foam concrete of density 1250kg/m3 is developed
- Foam concrete – Uniform distribution of air bubbles throughout the mass of concrete by adding special foam to mortar slurry (cement, sand & fly ash)
- Improved ductile behaviour after post-peak with controlled lateral deformation of the panels due to steel sheets interconnected with studs
- Due to their high ductility characteristics (ductility factor – 6), these panels have a huge potential in enhancing seismic performance/retrofit strategies for buildings
- Alternative to load carrying brick walls and floor/roof slabs in low rise construction
Experimental Studies on Composite Wall and Floor/Roof Panels
Axial Compression & Flexural Behaviour of Composite Panel
Failure of Composite Wall Panel
Failure of Composite Wall Panel
Failure of Composite Floor Panel
Failure of Composite Floor Panel
LFC Production Process
LFC Production machine
Foam Generator
Foam Concrete
Casted Panels
In-Plane Shear Behaviour of Composite Panel
Static Behaviour
Cyclic Behaviour
Cyclic Behaviour
Cyclic Behaviour
Experimental Studies on Composite Wall – Slab Connection
