Flexural Behaviour of Hybrid Concrete Beam

Abstract

The consideration of using composite beam in the construction field is becoming more important in civil engineering studies. This study is concerned with a new type of composite configuration of concrete beam where the different materials are used as per required capacity to improve in terms of constructability and material optimization. This study is focused on fabrication of the Hybrid Concrete (HC) beam. A normal reinforced concrete (RC) beam and HC beam with lightweight concrete enveloping arch shape high performance concrete are fabricated and tested. It observed that the HC beam was subjected to more displacement of 24.96% compared to RC beam in equal applied load.