Development of Concrete Canvas for Structural Applications

Abstract

Concrete canvas being an innovative technique is adopting a better stand in recent trends in civil engineering field. Being a thin membrane and flexible fundamental behaviour, application of concrete canvas is raising. The material is being transported in batch rolls which makes installation easier and faster for applications such as slope stabilization, canal lining, weed suppression and dust suppression, pipe protection, emergency shelters, waterproofing agent over warehouses and protection over sand bunkers in military works. This study aims the manufacturability, properties and the performance of laboratory processed concrete canvas and to compare the results with authentic concrete canvas record. The tests include flexural test, compression test and tensile test for the four variations in cast of test specimens. Equivalent sets of casts were produced by introducing steel wire mesh to examine improvement in performance of laboratory manufactured specimens which can benefit the increase the use of concrete canvas in additional applications which can parallelly used as structural elements.