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Abstract
In recent years, producing lightweight structures is considered as one of the most important application of special concretes. It has extensive applications in the architect and insulation work. The main objective of this study is to investigate the behavior and the performance of lightweight ferrocement (LWF) composite slabs in flexural. The main variables are; the slab thicknesses, the type of filler materials, the type of meshes and number of mesh layers. The behavior of LWF composite slabs is investigated by using fifteen simply supported rectangular slabs using three point loading system . The fifteen slabs are divided to three conventional concrete slabs as control sample and twelve LWF composed slabs. The ferrocement slabs were divided into three groups according to the thickness of slabs (6, 8, and 10cm). The structural performances of the RC and LWF slabs are studied in terms of initial cracking load, ultimate load, load-deflection curves, stiffness, energy absorption capacities, ductility indexes, load-strain curves, crack patterns, and the failure modes. The test results revealed remarkable enhancement in the flexural behavior and potential application of lightweight ferrocement (LWF) composite slabs to produce lightweight structural elements as compared to that of the reinforced concrete (RC) slabs, which lead towards the industrialization of building system and meets with innovation and expansible application of concrete construction technology results in better efficiency of developing of lightweight composite ferrocement slabs.