Transparent Concrete PPT by Saurabh Gore

STUDY OF TRANSPARENT CONCRETE
- by
Saurabh Gore
Ganesh banpatte
Shubham Gupta
Harshada kurle-
Under guidence in-
Prof-Rahul patil sir.
CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• MATERIALS USED
• TYPES OF OPTICAL FIBRE
• CONSTRUCTION OF BLOCKS USING POF.

• COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIAL CONCRETE.
• APPLICATIONS OF LITRACON
• ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
• CONCLUSION.
• REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
TRANSPARENT CONCRETE.
Transparent Concrete or LiTraCon (Light Transmitting
Concrete) can be produced as prefabricated building
blocks, the trick is done with embedding parallel
fibers of glass or plastic in a proprietary concrete
mixture.
Material used
• There are two basic materials used for making
transparent concrete, one is from construction
field and another from sensing field.
• Concrete
• Optical fibres
TYPES OF FIBRE
• Multimode step-index fiber
• Multimode graded-index fiber
• Single-mode step-index fibers.
San Jose State University, 2002

MECHANISM OF OPTICAL FIBRE
• An optical fibre is a cylindrical dielectrical wave that transmit light along it by

the process of Total internal reflection.
• It consists of a core surrounded by cladding layer.
cladding
The propagation of light through a

multi-mode optical fiber.
CONSTRUCTION OF BLOCKS USING
POF
• First step is to make a mould using tin
of desired shape like a cuboid (fig 1)
• Many holes are punched on the walls

Fig 1
and optical fibres are made to pass
through it on both ends.(fig2)
• Then the concrete is poured in to the
Fig 2 mould. (fig 3)
• The concrete then undergoes a curing
process and then excess of fibre is cut
and polishing is done on the material.

COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL
CONCRETE
 Quantity of optical fiber is the rate influencing parameter.

 Life of LiTraCon depends on the bending radius of
the optical fibers.
 Aesthetic appearance is comparably high.
 The parameters like bending strength, compressive strength,
density is similar to conventional concrete.
 They provide same structural performance
as conventional concrete.
ADVANTAGES
 The main advantage of these products is that on large scale objects
the texture is still visible - while the texture of finer translucent concrete
becomes indistinct at distance.
 When a solid wall is imbued with the ability to transmit light, it means
that a home can use fewer lights in their house during daylight hours.
 It has very good architectural properties for giving good aesthetical

view to the building.
 Where light is not able to come properly at that place transparent

concrete can be used.
 Energy saving can be done by utilization of transparent concrete in

building.
DISADVANTAGES
 The main disadvantage is these concrete is very costly because

of the optical fibres.
 Casting of transparent concrete block is difficult for the labour
so special skilled person is required.
 Natural or any artificial light passes through in the direction of fi
bers laid, only at this condition shadow image appears on
darker side.
APPLICATIONS

Transparent Partition Wall
Litracon blocks can be used as lightning lamps
use of Litracon in pavement

It can be also applicable at:
Transparent concrete blocks suitable for floors,
pavements and load-bearing walls.
Facades, interior wall cladding and dividing walls based
on thin panels.
Partitions wall and it can be used where the sunlight
does not reach properly.
In furniture for the decorative and aesthetic purpose.
As speed bumps in roads.
Light sidewalks at night.
Increasing visibility in dark subway stations.
CONCLUSION
 A novel architectural material called transparent concrete can be developed by
adding optical fibre or large diameter glass fibre in the concrete mixture.
 The transparent concrete has good light guiding property and the ratio of optical
fibre volume to concrete is proportion to transmission.
 The transparent concrete not looses the strength parameter when compared to
regular concrete and also it has very vital property for the aesthetical point of
view.
 It can be used for the best architectural appearance of the building. Also used
where the light cannot reach with appropriate intensity.
 This new kind of building material can integrate the concept of green energy saving
REFERENCES
• M.N.V.Padma Bhushan, D.Johnson, Md. Afzal Basheer Pasha And Ms. K. Prasanthi , Optical Fibres in the
Modeling of Translucent Concrete Blocks : International Journal of Engineering Research and
Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 3, Issue 3, May-Jun 2013, pp.013-17.
• Bhavin K. Kashiyani, Varsha Raina, Jayeshkumar Pitroda, Dr. Bhavnaben K. Shah: A Study on Transparent
Concrete: A Novel Architectural Material to Explore Construction Sector, International Journal of
Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT) Volume 2, Issue 8, February 2013 .
• Jianping He, Zhi Zhou and Jinping Ou School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian
116024, China Minghua Huang School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin
150090, China: Study on Smart Transparent Concrete Product and Its Performances, The 6th
International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology ANCRiSST2011
July 25-26, 2011, Dalian, China
• Victoria Bailey, “Translucent Concrete”, MEEN 3344-001
• internet:
http://www.litracon.hu
• www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber
• www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translucent_concrete
• www.archicentral.com/litracon-transparent-concrete
• http://www.materialproject.org/wiki/Translucent_concrete
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STUDY OF TRANSPARENT CONCRETE

• TYPES OF OPTICAL FIBRE

• CONSTRUCTION OF BLOCKS USING POF.

• ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

San Jose State University, 2002

• An optical fibre is a cylindrical dielectrical wave that transmit light along it by

The propagation of light through a

of desired shape like a cuboid (fig 1)

• Many holes are punched on the walls

through it on both ends.(fig2)

• Then the concrete is poured in to the

Fig 2 mould. (fig 3)

• The concrete then undergoes a curing

process and then excess of fibre is cut

and polishing is done on the material.

 Quantity of optical fiber is the rate influencing parameter.

 It has very good architectural properties for giving good aesthetical

 Where light is not able to come properly at that place transparent

 Energy saving can be done by utilization of transparent concrete in

 The main disadvantage is these concrete is very costly because

use of Litracon in pavement

fibre volume to concrete is proportion to transmission.

where the light cannot reach with appropriate intensity.

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