Table 8 Average flexural increase due to additional layers of steel wire mesh in %.
Number of layers used in | Flexural resistance due to addition of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chicken wire mesh (Mpa) | Welded square wire mesh (Mpa) | Expanded metal mesh (Mpa) | ||||
Ultimate | Resistance increment (%) | Ultimate | Resistance increment (%) | Ultimate | Resistance increment (%) | |
Reference | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.51 | |||
One layer | 13.81 | + 814.56 | 10.38 | + 587.41 | 4.8 | + 217.90 |
Two layers | 16.41 | + 18.83 | 14.86 | + 4.80 | 8.4 | + 75 |
Three layers | 17.78 | + 8.35 | 15.08 | + 1.48 | 14.93 | 77.74 |
Average increment b/n | 280.58 | 197.9 | 123.55 | |||
