CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT WEIG3HT CONCRETE FERRY BOAT BASED ON PRINCIPLE OF BOUYANCY AND FLOATATION
| Author(s) | : | Suresh C Jain, Aaryak M Mehta, Anuj A Agrawal, Harsh R Gupta |
| Institution | : | Associate Professor, Department Of Civil Engineering, ITM Universe, Vadodara |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 4 — April 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 1106-1111 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
In design of concrete structures light weight concrete plays prominent role in reducing its density, which relates toboth structural integrity and serviceability. More environmental and economic benefits can be achieved if materials used toreplace with light weight aggregate. In this technique thermocol beads are used for preparation of light weight concrete ferryboat into laboratory and density is reduced to attain maximum efficiency. The light weight concrete normally has the densityof 380-1850 kg/m3, where as we got concrete density of 611Kg/m3. This concrete boat will have more life and maintenancefree in comparison to present use of barge and pontoons of other materials. This light weight ferry boat can carryapproximately 1.5 to 2 times the load of its own weight, which is sufficient to carry the construction equipment in it withproper mountings for offshore construction works.
Suresh C Jain, Aaryak M Mehta, Anuj A Agrawal, Harsh R Gupta, “CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT WEIG3HT CONCRETE FERRY BOAT BASED ON PRINCIPLE OF BOUYANCY AND FLOATATION”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 1106-1111, April 2018.
