• Prabal Mitra
• Dr. Biman Mukherjee

Transparent concrete is a concrete based building material with light-Tranmissive properties due to embedded light optical elements usually Optical fibres and glass powder. Recently, the concept of green architecture has become a common interest in various disciplines. Innovative materials are continuously developed to fulfil the green architecture requirements. Transparent Concrete is a new type of Concrete used widely in the construction industry. The main purpose of transparent concrete is to use sunlight as a light source to reduce the power consumption of illumination and to use the optical fibre to sense the stress of structures and also use this concrete as an architectural purpose for good aesthetical view of the building. The Light is conducted through the stone from one end to the other. Therefore, the fibres have to go through the whole object. Transparent concrete is also known as the translucent concrete and light transmitting concrete because of its properties. It is used in fine architecture as a facade material and for cladding of interior walls etc. The concrete considered is cement mortar which contain fine aggregate and cement. The fibres are placed in shortest direction to increase the transparency of concrete. In this paper, to integrate the merits of concrete and optical fibre, for developing transparent concrete by arranging the high numerical aperture Plastic Optical Fibres or big diameter glass optical fibre into concrete. The size of optical fibre will vary between 2μm and 2mm. in order to increase the transparency of concrete the same amount of cement is replaced by fine glass powder. The binding capacity of glass powder and cement are same. The specimen casted will contain 95% of concrete and 5% of plastic optical fibres. We reviewed the remarkable studies carried out especially last 10 years in translucent concrete techniques.

Transparent concrete, optical fibres, glass powder, Cement, Sand, Concrete, Glass fibres, Transculent Concrete,Light transmitting Concrete, Energy Saving, Material, Sustainable Concrete, Optical Concrete, workability, Compressive Strength, Tensile Strength, Flexural Strength.

"A Review on Transparent Concrete", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 12, page no.d390-d394, December-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2312340.pdf

"A Review on Transparent Concrete", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 12, page no. ppd390-d394, December-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2312340.pdf