Manufacturing and improving the characteristics of the isolation of concrete composites by additive Styrofoam particulate

Abstract

This paper reports the results of experimental works that have been performed to investigate the mechanical and thermal properties of lightweight foamed concrete (LFC) with different additives. The inclusion of Styrofoam balls (s=8) in concrete cast and the consequence of changes in thermal conductivity and compression strength have been investigated. Different volume fractions of SFB were particulate in concrete cast and ways to achieve a degree of uniform distribution of (LFC) were also conducted. The thermal conductivity at a particular volume fraction of SFB that caused a loss in the compression strength of concentration 12% has caused a gain in thermal isolation behavior of concentration 30%. As a consequence of compositing (LFC) concrete a gain in less-mass cast is a achieved. Thus by composite (LFC) in concrete and a advantageous gain in both isolation behavior and less-mass cast is reached to the expense of some loss in the compression strength of the cast composite.