The design and study of structural behaviour of figer jetty in royapuram fishing harbor at Ennore port

Abstract

The concept of reinforced mortar by closely spaced fine wire mesh was used for boat building construction by Lambot in 1849.Subsequentl in 1940’s; Nervi promoted the use of ferrocement in civil engineering structures. Since then   ferrocement has been studied extensively by various research group and gained wide acceptance only in  1960’s.There has been wide spreaduse of ferrocement  applications  in  agriculture  and  housing  throughout  the  world including North and south America, east European and Asia-pacific countries. Ferrocement   is   a   cementitous   thin-wall   composite   structural   material comprising of cement mortar matrix uniformly distributed throughout its cross section.  The  uniform  distribution   and   dispersion   of  reinforcement  in ferrocement  composite  provide  better  cracking  characteristic high  tensile strength, ductility and impact resistance. Ferrocement has high tensile strength to weight ratio and superior cracking behaviour in comparison with conventional reinforced concrete. Hence it is an attractive material for thin wall structure.