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DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMER BASED LIGHTWEIGHT FOAMED CONCRETE

HUAN HAN CHEONG

A project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the award of Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons.) Civil Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Science
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

May 2011

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this project report is based on my original work except for citations and quotations which have been duly acknowledged.   I also declare that it has not been previously and concurrently submitted for any other degree or award at UTAR or other institutions.

Signature : _________________________

Name : HUAN HAN CHEONG

ID No. : 08UEB04158

Date : 5 SEPTEMBER 2011

APPROVAL FOR SUBMISSION

I certify that this project report entitled “DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMER BASED LIGHTWEIGHT FOAMED CONCRETE” was prepared by HUAN HAN CHEONG has met the required standard for submission in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.)Civil Engineering at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Approved by,

Signature :   _________________________

Supervisor :   Dr. LIM SIONG KANG

Date :   _________________________

The copyright of this report belongs to the author under the terms of the copyright Act 1987 as qualified by Intellectual Property Policy of University Tunku Abdul Rahman.   Due acknowledgement shall always be made of the use of any material contained in, or derived from, this report.

© Year, HUAN HAN CHEONG. All right reserved.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ii
APPROVAL FOR SUBMISSION iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS v
LIST OF TABLES viii
LIST OF FIGURES x
LIST OF SYMBOLS / ABBREVIATIONS xii
LIST OF APPENDICES xiii

CHAPTER
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Objectives 2
1.3 Scope of work 2
1.4 Problem statement 3
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 4
2.1 Introduction 4
2.2 Properties and characteristics of raw materials 4
2.2.1 Ordinary Portland cement 4
2.2.2 Sand 5...