DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES

Like many other countries in the world significant developments in cementitious materials have been made in Thailand, especially spear headed by the International Ferrocement Information Center (IFIS) located at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Thailand, several other academic institutions and the construction industry. This paper highlights some of these developments together with their applications. Special focus is given to the ferrocement and laminated cementitious composites. Different aspects such as materials, design, and construction are discussed together with application of finite element analysis for structures made from cementitious composites.