SHEAR BEHAVIOUR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE USING POLYETHYELENE

TEREPHATHALATE (PET) BOTTLES AS FINE AGGREGATE

PROGRESS REPORT






NAME: MOHD KHAIRIL ANNAS BIN MAHAMAD
MATRIC NO: GF110070
IC NO: 880106125601





SUPERVISOR
PROF. MADYA DR MOHD IRWAN BIN JUKI

CO-SUPERVISOR
DR AESLINA ABD KADIR
DR NORZILA OTHMAN





TABLE OF CONTENT


CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background 1
1.2 Problem Statement 3
1.3 Objective of study 5
1.4 Scope of study 5
1.5 Significant of study 6
1.6 Thesis structure 6

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Overview 9
2.2 Shear in reinforced concrete beams 9
2.3 Reinforced concrete member without transverse
reinforcement 11
2.3.1 Factor affecting the shear strength of concrete
without transverse reinforcement 12
2.3.2 Cracking and mode of failure of reinforced
concrete without transverse reinforcement 15
2.3.2 Empirical Method of shear analysis and
design of reinforced concrete without
transverse reinforcement 19
2.4 Structural lightweight aggregate concrete 23
2.5 Lightweight aggregate 25
2.6 Properties of lightweight aggregate concrete 27
2.6.1 Compressive strength 27
2.6.2 Density 28
2.6.3 Modulus of elasticity 29
2.6.4 Tensile strength 29
2.7 Shear in reinforced lightweight concrete 30
2.7.1 ACI 318 provision for lightweight concrete
shear 30
2.7.2 BS 8110 provision for lightweight concrete
shear 31
2.7.3 Eurocode 2 provision for lightweight
concrete shear 32
2.8 Utilization of waste products in concrete 32
2.8.1 Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles 33
2.9 Research Finding 34
2.9.1 Compressive Strength 38
2.9.2 Split Tensile Strength. 40
2.9.3 Modulus of Elasticity 42
2.9.4 Workability 43
2.9.5 Structural efficiency 43
2.10 Concluding remark 45

CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

3.1 Introduction 46
3.2 Preparation of waste PET aggregate 48
3.2.1 Collection of PET bottles 48
3.2.2 Production of PET aggregate 49
3.3 Experimental program 51
3.3.1 Materials 52
3.3.2 Mix proportion 54
3.3.3 Concrete material properties 57
3.3.3.1 Compressive strength and density
Test 57
3.3.3.2 Split tensile test 58
3.3.3.3 Modulus of Elasticity 59
3.3.4 Full scale structural beam test 60
3.3.4.1 Test beam preparation 62
3.3.4.2 Experimental test setup 65
3.3.4.3 Instrumentation 67
3.3.4.4 Testing method 70
3.4 Preliminary Experimental Work 71

CHAPTER IV RESULT OF MATERIALS PROPERTIES AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Introduction 74
4.2 Workability 74
4.2.1 Slump flow test 77
4.2.2 J Ring test 78
4.2.3 L Box test 80
4.3 Compressive strength and density 81
4.4 Split tensile strength 83
4.5 Modulus of Elasticity 84
4.6 Concluding remark 85


CHAPTER V RESULT OF STRUCTURAL BEAM TEST AND
DISCUSSION

5.1 Introduction 86
5.2 Crack propagation and patterns 87
5.3 Load deflection response 94
5.4 Strains in Longitudinal Reinforcement 99
5.5 Strain in Concrete 106



CHAPTER VI COMPARISON OF SHEAR FORCE MODEL

6.1 Introduction 113
6.2 BS 8110 provision for shear strength prediction 113
6.3 ACI 318R-02 provision for shear strength prediction114
6.4 Eurocode 2 (EC 2) provision for shear strength
prediction 115
6.5 Comparison between BS8110, ACI318 and
Eurocode 2 117
6.6 Modification of Eurocode 2 provisions 119
6.6.1 Coefficient of determinant R
2
121
6.6.2 T-test 122
6.6.3 t-Statistic 123
6.6.4 Modified shear prediction model 124


CHAPTER VII CONCUSION

7.1 Introduction 126
7.2 Conclusion 126
7.3 Research contribution 129
7.4 Recommendation 130

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