Novel textile-reinforced concrete-cold form steel cavity wall panel system for fast track construction
- Vol.95(6), June
- Thane ACC LTD 2021
- 31-36p.
Resilient infrastructure creation in a fast track manner is the need of the day. In this context, textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) is a highly promising construction material when integrated with cold form steel. This paper presents the development of a novel cavity wall panel system consisting of two prefabricated composite of TRC panels and profiled cold form steel sheet connected together using a spacer system. The novelty is hinged upon the spacer being used in this construction of cavity wall panel system facilitating an easy and efficient construction. Preliminary investigations were carried out on proposed wall panel system under axial compressive loading. Experimental results were examined with respect to response characteristics and failure modes for load-bearing wall panel applications.