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dc.contributor.authorMalone, P. G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrabston, W. N. (William Newell)en_US
dc.contributor.authorTom, Joe G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, Roger H.en_US
dc.creatorMaterials Technology Limiteden_US
dc.creatorConstruction Productivity Advancement Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.creatorU.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Stationen_US
dc.creatorStructures Laboratory (U.S.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-16T22:21:08Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-03-16T22:21:08Zen_US
dc.date.issued1998-08en_US
dc.identifier.govdocTechnical Report CPAR-SL-98-4en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11681/4701en_US
dc.descriptionTechnical Reporten_US
dc.description.abstractIn January 1995 a Construction Productivity Advancement Research (CPAR) program agreement between Materials Technology Ltd. (MTL), Reno, NV, and the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) was initiated. The purpose was to develop a new system of building walls for residential and light-utility buildings. The new approach used stay-in-place, fiber-reinforced cement-board forms with foamed or cellular concrete cast between the forms. An immediate goal of the research was to prepare a formulation for cellular concrete that could be cast between cement-board forms in lifts as thick as 2.42 m and to optimize the mixture in terms of cost and strength. The project also involved investigating the compatibility of the formulation that was developed with the cement board and developing the optimum system for placing the foamed concrete in the forms. WES collaborated with the industry partner in developing an improved panel spacer and form tie system and further assisted by developing a versatile, low-cost panel fastening system that can be used with the stay-in-place forms. Because of the potential benefits of this developing technology for both the Federal Government and the private sector, this research on a new building system was well-suited to the CPAR Program.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Army. Corps of Engineersen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipConstruction Productivity Advancement Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v I—Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2—Development of Foamed-Concrete Mixture Proportions and Preparation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Methods and Materials Used in Column Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Test Methods Used with Column Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Results of Testing Using Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Tests of Foamed-Concrete Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Methods and Materials Used in Panel Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Testing Methods Used with Panel Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mixture Proportions Used in Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Temperature Measurements in Columns and Panels . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Results of Testing Using Panels.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Methods of Foamed-Concrete Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Methods of Coating Formwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Effects of Temperature on Panel Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Results from Panel Casting Trials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3–Development of Panel Design for Structural Wall Using Foamed Concrete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Role of Foamed Concrete in Wall Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Reinforcing the Wall Footing or Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Attaching the Exterior Panels to the Spacer Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Attaching Adjacent Cement-Board Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Adding Steel-Reinforced Concrete Columns Inside the Wall . . . . . . 18 Producing Hollow Spaces in the Wall and Adding the Upper Beam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Finishing the Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Forming Windows and Doors.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4—Development of Improved Panel Attachment System . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5—Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 6—Conclusions, Recommendations, and Commercialization . . . . . . . . 24 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Commercialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Tables1-6 Figures 1-26 SF298en_US
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dc.publisher U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Stationen_US
dc.relationhttp://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/1003873en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTechnical Report (Construction Productivity Advancement Research Program (U.S.)) ; no.Technical Report CPAR-SL-98-4en_US
dc.rightsApproved for public release; distribution is unlimiteden_US
dc.sourceThis Digital Resource was created from scans of the Print Resourceen_US
dc.subjectCement boardsen_US
dc.subjectFiber-reinforced formsen_US
dc.subjectPanel fastening systemen_US
dc.subjectStay-in-place formsen_US
dc.subjectConcrete constructionen_US
dc.subjectConcrete wallsen_US
dc.subjectConstruction Productivity Advancement Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.titleA building system based on foamed concrete cast between stay-in-place cement-board formsen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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