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Volume Title: ICASGE2023

DOI: ICASGE-RCS

¹Yousry Shahin; ¹Boshra Eltaly; ²Mahmoud Salem ; ³Ahmed Hamoda

¹Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Menofia University, Egypt

²Eng. Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Engineering, Menofia University, Egypt

³Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt

Ferrocement (FC) is a composite construction material that has received extensive attention as it offers high-quality characteristics in terms of strength, toughness, crack control, durability, and impact. The filler material is reinforced with layers of reinforcing wire mesh. This current study considered the performance of the ferrocement pipes, reinforced with various types of metallic and non-metallic mesh reinforcement materials. The finite Element Model (FEM) was developed using ABAQUS software. Nine groups were tested in this study and each group consisted of six pipes. The investigated parameters were the type of reinforcement wire mesh (expanded steel mesh, welded steel mesh, and tenax mesh), the number of reinforcement layers, the length of the pipe, and the outer diameter of the pipe. The study reveals that the expanded metal mesh, welded steel mesh, and tenax mesh used in reinforcing the ferrocement pipes are effective. Clearly, the load and displacement increased when the outer diameter, inner diameter, and pipe length were increased. Also, stress values were decreased when pipe length was increased because of the increase in loading length and supporting length. Furthermore, stress distribution and crack patterns were investigated.

Ferrocement; Expanded; Welded; Tenax; FE modelling; ABAQUS

Reinforced Concrete Structures (RCS)