Experimental Study and Finite Element Analysis of Castinsitu Slab with EPSblock

Abstract:

Polystyrene foam being recycled are broken into particles with the size of 3～8 mm which are mixed with cement and glue powder in a certain proportion into expanded polystyrene foam concrete and are made into the shape of torus with centersymmetric blocks that are filled in neutral axis location of insitu twoway slabs.A lot of concrete can be saved and the cost reduces accordingly.And this new castinsitu slab with EPSblock under dead load is analyzed through the finite element analysis software ANSYS.Results show that the slab with EPSblock is of good performance which is prospecting in development.

Key words:EPSblock; experiment; nonlinear; numerical simulation; finite element