COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF TRANSPARENT CONCRETE

Abstract

This article deals with the usage of translucent concrete and also the advantages it brings in the field of
smart construction, that it can reduce the power consumption of illumination and use of optical fiber can be made and the
compressive strength of translucent concrete was compared with conventional concrete to find its advantage of using
optical fibers for the construction of green buildings. Optical fibers transmit light so effectively that there is virtually no
loss of light conducted through the fiber by means of parallel arrange. The results show that transparent concrete gets
higher light transmitting ratio with appropriate optical fiber by means of parallel arrange along the light direction. The
light transmitting ratio increases and the compressive strength decreases along with the increases of optical fiber content
in volume. Transparent concrete ‘’ can also be called as translucent concrete.