1Post Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Prist University, Trichy-Thanjavur Highway, Vallam, Thanjavur, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Prist University, Trichy-Thanjavur Highway, Vallam, Thanjavur, India
Online published on 31 October, 2017.
The translucent concrete block is an light transmitting concrete block.so that the optical fiber is to be help the light transmission on that block. Now a day the dependence on artificial sources of energy has increased drastically. Thus, translucent concrete is the need of an hour. Translucent concrete allows natural sunlight or any light to pass through it. It reduces electricity consumption in the buildings and makes it easier for buildings to achieve higher LEED rating. But, no construction material can be used until it satisfies all the constructional requirements. For this purpose, experimental study on compressive strength of translucent concrete has been performed. As far as traditional translucent concrete is concerned, it is made up of cement, sand, fine aggregates and plastic optical fibers strands placed in alternate layers. In the present study, an experimental study is carried out and the compressive strength of translucent concrete was compared with that of traditional translucent concrete to find out the possibility of using translucent concrete for construction purposes. Safe-No electricity, heat, or ultraviolet light in the fibre optic cable.
Metakaolin, HPC, Composite Fibres
