International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), ISSN 0976 – 6308 (Print), ISSN 0976 – 6316(Online), Volume 5, Issue 12, December (2014), pp. 292-295 © IAEME 292 EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT FERROCEMENT HALLOW COLUMNS AND CAVITY WALLS - NEW CONCEPT Sidramappa Shivashankar Dharane 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, SVERI’S College of Engineering Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India, Archita Vijaykumar Malge 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, SVERI’S College of Engineering Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India, ABSTRACT A hallow ferrocement column and cavity wall filled with sand proves the better earthquake performance. The reason behind it is when earthquake force acts in one direction the sand filled in the column and cavity walls exerts the sand pressure in opposite direction of earthquake force which leads to auto balance the the earthquake force. Also sand filled in the column and cavity wall is having shock absorbing capacity, because of which the total effect of earthquake force acting on the structure minimizes. Keywords: Ferrocement, earthquake resistant column and cavity wall, sound and thermal insulation. INTRODUCTION General Concrete has been accepted as a material of structural construction. However, it has two main disadvantages Viz., low tensile strength and poor ductility. These difficulties have been overcome by providing steel in tension zone, such concrete being called reinforced concrete. Minimum cover and minimum thickness requirement of reinforced concrete structures results in high self weight. Thereby most of the load carrying capacity of reinforced concrete section goes to resist the effect of the self- weight of the member itself. Steel provided in tension zone (for low percentage) and compression zones of concrete improve strength and ductility. The beneficial influence of large deformable capacity of steel is on concrete totally. Hence, reinforced concrete is treated as one phase material. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (IJCIET) ISSN 0976 – 6308 (Print) ISSN 0976 – 6316(Online) Volume 5, Issue 12, December (2014), pp. 292-295 © IAEME: www.iaeme.com/Ijciet.asp Journal Impact Factor (2014): 7.9290 (Calculated by GISI) www.jifactor.com IJCIET ©IAEME