• Kaptan sagar r
• Dr. Jayeshkumar Pitroda
• Dr. Vihangraj Kulkarni

Unlike the conventional concrete of Portland cement (with a density of around 2400 kg / m3); Floating concrete contains lightweight aggregates and some admixtures that lighten the composite. Floating concrete is useful to minimize the structure's dead load and thus reduce the project's overall cost. With conventional concrete making materials, expanded polystyrene (EPS) beads (Thermocol beads) can be used to produce floating concrete with a wide range of performance characteristics. EPS is used since at least the 1950s in engineering applications. It's as light as about one hundredth of that soil's density. Use thermocol beads to produce lightweight concrete with unit weight ranging from 600 to 1000 kg / m3. As its density is lower than that of water (1000 kg / m3), the concrete can float in water in its hardened state. The heat-insulating properties are good because the lightweight the concrete, the lower the thermal conductivity. This research contains an alternative compound including thermocol as binding material in place of the fine aggregates of floating concrete, pumice stones and aluminum powder used to make floating concrete, assess the mechanical features of fresh concrete and hardened floating concrete through tests like slum tests (for workability), density tests, compressive strength test and water absorption test. In this study the floating concrete is made of pumice stone and thermocol. Fine powder of aluminum is used as a admixture for the formation of gas. A grade chosen for the investigation was M20 for conventional concrete and floating concrete. The study includes casting and testing the compressive strength, density tests, and water absorption tests for floating concrete and traditional concrete specimens at 7 and 28 days of age respectively. In this study, therefore, fine aggregate is replaced in different proportions by thermocol which is 0% EPS, 5% EPS, 10% EPS, 15% EPS and 20% EPS in floating concrete, and its feasibility study is to be conducted.

Expended Polystyrene Beads, Floating concrete, Light weight concrete, Thermocol, Thermal Insulation Property.

"EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON FLOATING CONCRETE WITH THERMOCOL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.546-556, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905800.pdf

"EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON FLOATING CONCRETE WITH THERMOCOL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp546-556, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905800.pdf