Ferro cement is one of the structural materials, widely used because of its advantages of excellent
behavior under flexural, and impact strength. Also it has excellent mechanical properties. A total of 6 types of
panels were modeled for each grade of concrete i.e. M30, M40 and M50. The thickness of ferrocement panel
considered is 20 mm and 30 mm. There are two type of fibres, Corrugated steel fibers and Hooked steel Fibers,
and two types of meshes, Galvanized welded square mesh and Galvanized woven square mesh are used. High
velocity impact and low velocity impact test is done on Ferro cement specimen. High velocity impact test is done
by Ak-47 bullet and Parabellum bullet striking with a velocity of 300 m/s, 400 m/s, 500 m/s , 600 m/s and 700
m/s and low velocity impact test is done by dropping weight of 3.5kg from a height of 0.5m and 0.75m. All of
this analysis is being performed on ANSYS Explicit Dynamics.............
Author Keywords:- Ferrocement, ANSYS WB 16.0, Impact Strength, Corrugated Steel Fibres, Hooked Steel Fibres,
Ak-47 bullet, Parabellum bullet.
e-ISSN: 2319-183X, p-ISSN: 2319-1821 Source Type: Journal
Original Language: English
Document Type: Article
Number of pages: 10
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