Hello again
Sorry for the delayed response but i am really busy with the project.
I want to thank for your support, and keep you informed about my progress.
Now i am testing the acoustic properties of different papercrete blocks. I also created an excel file where I keep information about the properties of the specimens i made (different mixes, effect of shrinkage, density, weight difference etc). I will make some diagrams, so the results will be more clear.
Next Tuesday I will start the official testing in the Civil Lab. I will test 40 pressed specimens in compression and split. I was thinking of using a mix of 4:4:2(paper, cement, sand). I know that without sand the mix will be lighter but I dont want to increase the amount of cement. Do you have any other proportion to suggest?
I will also experimentally calculate papercrete΄s Young's Modulus (E).
I know that all these might sound boring to you becaus the information is too technical, but after January I will eventually pass to the design phase.
Unfortunately I dont have enough time to upload the information in the blog but i will do it asap.
Any comments-remarks or suggestions are more than accepted.
Menelaos
http://papercrete.wordpress.com/
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "lebarongroup" <lebarongroup@...> wrote:
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> Hi Menelaos,
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> Welcome to the group!
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> Please keep us up to date on your research here as well as on your blog (which looks good and has good information already).
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> I will be very interested in reading your thesis which I hope will be in English as well as...?
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> Cheers,
>
> Sasha
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> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "MENELAOS" <mkokkinos13@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all
> > My name is Menelaos Kokkinos and i am a master student in TU Delft in Netherlands. I am in my final year of studies and i will make my graduation project on papercrete.
> > During this year i will make official tests (compression - bending) on papercrete so to get closer to standardization. The project has just started so i still study about papercrete properties and make the first unofficial specimens and experiments.
> > I have created a blog http://papercrete.wordpress.com/ that you can keep informed for my progress.
> > If you have any remarks or comments please feel free to comment.
> >
>
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