Structural behaviour of beam with HDPE plastic balls subjected to flexure load

• Main Authors: Mohamad, Noridah, Goh, Wan Inn, Samad, A.A.A., Lockman, A., Hadipramana, Josef
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications Ltd 2017
• Subjects: TH Building construction; TH1000-1725 Systems of building construction. Including fireproof construction, concrete construction
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4736/1/AJ%202017%20%28603%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4736/; https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.889.270

This paper presents the structural behavior of reinforced concrete beam embedded with high density polyethylene balls (HDPE) subjected to flexural load. The HDPE balls with 180 mm diameter were embedded to create the spherical voids in the beam which lead to reduction in its self-weight. Two beam sp...