TRC boundary wall deployment in Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, has developed cost effective and easy to implement textile reinforced concrete (TRC) panels for fence and boundary wall constructions. TRC consists of fine grained cementitious binder and indigenous alkali resistant glass textile as reinforcement. TRC fence have advantages such as: durability, light weight, easy production at site and in factories, precast nature, easy transportability etc. TRC fence being a novel product in Indian market, its use will help to enhance the technical textile production in India. The scope of such fencing panels also further opens up customization of walling solutions for kinds of infra projects needs like right of way (ROW) wall fence for high ways, railway projects, solar power project boundary walls & SEZ land boundary walls and also for Border management fencing in various regions in our country.
The implementation of TRC fence at site is simpler and is done as a panel to post insertion. Panel length ranging from 1m to 2.4 m have been developed for site implementation. No heavy machineries are required for production or implementation of the proposed TRC fence panels. Compared to the conventionally used fence at present using precast concrete and prestressed concrete, the proposed folded TRC panels provides reduction in material cost, transportation cost, cement consumption, and weight for fence and boundary wall applications. In addition, textile reinforced concrete has the unique advantage of being non-corrosive as well. The minimal maintenance, reduce construction time and risk, reduced material usage, reduce life cycle cost, and sustainable construction are the benefits of using TRC boundary walls.
“Textile reinforced concrete fence technology for boundary wall applications" developed at CSIR-SERC, Chennai, has been licensed to L&T Construction (Transportation Infrastructure IC), Mumbai, on a non-exclusive basis. A trial stretch of 70m has been deployed near Ratlam in Delhi-Vadodara expressway project package by L&T, Mumbai.
Trail stretch of Textile reinforced concrete boundary wall system developed at CSIR-SERC deployed near Ratlam in Delhi-Vadodara expressway project by L&T (Transportation Infrastructure, IC), Mumbai