Flexural behavior of permanent precast formwork beams

Abstract

This study is to explore the flexural behaviour of permanent precast formwork beam. The total three beams that have dimensions 150 mm x 300 mm x 3000 mm have been casted and tested. Two beams are permanent precast formwork beam and one beam as a control beam. The beam have been tested using America Society Testing and Material (ASTM) C78 for testing flexural strength of concrete beams using a four point bend test by the third-point method. The results show that the permanent precast formwork beams exhibit increased flexural strength and higher bending capacity compared to normal concrete beam.