www.tjprc.org SCOPUS Indexed Journal editor@tjprc.org AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSLUCENT CONCRETE BLOCK BY USING RESIN SUHOTRA GUPTA 1 , SOHIT AGARWAL 2 & MUKESH PANDEY 3 1 Scholar, CE Department, ITM University Gwalior, India 2 Assistant Professor, CE Department, ITM University Gwalior, India 3 Professor, CE Department, ITM University Gwalior, India ABSTRACT The main reason and principle to study this research work to find the amount of light which can able to pass through the resin concrete block, which help the building from artificial energy consumption and maximum use of natural sunlight during day time, it is done by the help of Lux meter, and noticed that lumen of light increases as resin strip percentage increases. This resin translucent block is formed by cement, river sand and resin which is casted in strips and inserted into the block during casting. The size of the block carried out for experimental work is 150 mm x150 mm x 150 mm as per IS code 2185.1:2005. In this resin translucent concrete block other experiment like compressive strength is also conducted and noticed that by increasing the percentage of resin strips (0.6%, 1.2%, and 1.8%), compressive strength also increases with respect to control specimen. Ultrasonic pulse velocity test is also conducted and noticed that concrete quality grading is medium by using different percentage of resin strips (0.6%, 1.2%, and 1.8%) as per IS code 13311.1.1992 as compared to control specimen. Water permeability test is also conducted and noticed that the by using different percentage of resin strips (0.6%, 1.2%, and 1.8%) is poor with compared to control specimen having 0% resin strips. Therefore it can be that this block can be used for green building where light consumption can takes place and also used for load bearing wall in construction industry. KEYWORDS: Resin strips, Translucent Concrete, Good Aesthetic View, Artificial Light Consumption, Good Compressive Strength & Good Water Permeability Received: Jun 06, 2020; Accepted: Jun 26, 2020; Published: Aug 07, 2020; Paper Id.: IJMPERDJUN2020672 I. INTRODUCTION Resin based translucent concrete blocks mainly used for load bearing wall and non load bearing partition wall in the green building and it is one of the most newest materials with various types of applications in the construction field, architecture, decoration and even furniture in building construction purposes. It can be imagined that the concrete with the characteristics of being translucent will permit a good interaction and bonding between the construction and its environment, thereby it creates the environment that are better and more naturally lit by the help of resin which is mainly act as a transparent medium through which light can pass easily without any loss of light through it and maximum amount of light can penetrate through the concrete by the help of resin strips which is deeply inserted in the concrete block and it help the minimum use of artificial light and maximum use of sunlight Not only that at the same time as significantly reducing the expenses of laying and maintenance of the concrete that are constructed. In this research work using of resin strips which are arranged side by side on a concrete base leaving the light to pass from one side to the other. Due to the small thickness of these resin strips, they combine with the concrete. Compared with a traditional electric lighting system, and illuminating the indoors with daylight also creates a more beautiful Original Article International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN (P): 2249–6890; ISSN (E): 2249–8001 Vol. 10, Issue 3, Jun 2020, 7111–7126 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.