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Abstract

An experimental investigation was carried out to study the flexural strength and punching shear resistance of some selected ferrocement slab elements. Ferrocement slabs were made with expanded metal mesh having three different thicknesses of 15 mm, 20 mm and 25 mm. For each thickness the number of mesh layer varied from one to three. The dimensions of the specimens were selected as 300x100x15 mm, 300x100x20 mm and 300x100x25 mm for flexural strength, and 300x300x15 mm, 300x300x20 mm and 300x300x25 mm for punching shear resistance. Cement mortar having cement, sand and water ratios of 1: 2 : 0.5 was used for casting the slabs. After 28 days of water curing, the specimens were tested for flexural strength and punching shear resistance. It has been found that with the increase in the number of layers the flexural strength increased. Among the selected slabs, the 15 mm thickness slabs with three layers of wire mesh exhibited the highest load bearing capacity in flexure. Similarly, the increase in the number of wire mesh layers resulted in an improvement in resisting the cracking load and the ultimate punching load of ferrocement slabs.

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