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@article{200593,
        author = {T. SathishKumar},
        title = {Experimental Study of Light Weight Concrete using Perlite},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {12},
        pages = {4939-4943},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=200593},
        abstract = {Structural Low Density Aggregate Concrete has an ability to reduce the self-weight of the structure as well as reduces the risk of earthquake damages to a structure because earthquake forces are proportional to mass of the structure. For structural application of lightweight concrete, the density is more important than the strength. A low density for the same strength level reduces the self-weight, foundation size and construction costs. In this study, structural lightweight aggregate concrete was designed with natural Perlite aggregate that will provide an advantage of reducing dead weight of structure also compared the strength of normal concrete with perlite concrete by fully replacing coarse aggregate with perlite by varying the water cement ratio in perlite concrete. The investigations were carried out using several tests which include compressive test, split tensile test. By analyzing the test results the perlite concrete can be effectively used in non-load bearing walls and in-fill walls and the dead load of the structure can be effectively reduced.},
        keywords = {Low density concrete, Perlite aggregate, Self –weight reduction, Compressive strength analysis, Tensile strength analysis},
        month = {May},
        }