ACI Technical Committee 549

Thin Reinforced Cementitious Products & Ferrocement

Meeting Minutes

ACI 200 !"ring Con#ention$ Charlotte$ %orth Carolina

March 2$ 200

0'(0am ) 2'00"m

Attendance

Mem*ers

Dubey, A., ChairmanJones, J., Secretary

Aldea, C.

Banthia, N.Batson, G.

Freedman, S.

Molloy, H.J.Miranda, J.

 Naaman, A.

Omar, O.

eddy, D.!.Shah, S.".

Shao, #.

+ Call to ,rder

$he meetin% &as called to order by Chairman Ashish Dubey at '()*(am. Committee

meetin% attendees &ere introduced.

2+ Pre#ious Minutes

Minutes o+ AC -(( Fall Con/ention 0ansas City, MO, meetin% &ere a11ro/ed

unanimously.

(+ Announcements

• Ashish Dubey announced that "ro+. Surendra Shah had recently been elected to

the National Academy o+ 2n%ineers.

 

• Committees 33 and 34 &ill be s1onsorin% t&o technical sessions at Charlotte

Con/ention on 5ednesday -4th March -((6. $he theme o+ the sym1osium is

7A11lications o+ Fiber ein+orced Concrete 8 "ast, "resent 9 Future:.

• Committees 33 and 34 &ill s1onsor t&o additional technical sessions on the

same to1ic 8 7A11lications o+ Fiber ein+orced Concrete 8 "ast, "resent 9

Future: at the AC -((6 Fall Con/ention in Den/er, No/ember ;4, -((6.

• <2M con+erence on $e=tiles ein+orced Concrete &ill ta>e 1lace in Aachen,

Germany, Se1tember ;?, -((6.

4+ -iaison Mem*er Re"orts

• AC 33( ; No re1ort

• AC 33 8 AC Committee 33 Chair Nemy Banthia re1orted that a state;o+;the;

art re1ort on Durability o+ FC has been submitted +or ballot.

• AS$M C4 ; Committee C4.3- is re/isin% '('@ test standard. A s1eci+ication

standard +or 1olymeric +ibers is bein% 1re1ared by the committee.

• AS$M C-? ; No re1ort

• AS$M C'? ; No re1ort

5+ !tate of the Art re"ort on Premi. /FRC ) !tatus "date

Bud Molloy re1orted that document should be ready +or ballot by 'th May, -((6.

+ 1e#elo"ment of 1esign /uide for Thin Reinforced Cementitious Products )

!tatus "date+

Barin Mobasher re1orted that he did not thin> that it &as +easible to &rite a Desi%n

Guide +or $hin ein+orced Cementitious "roducts at this moment. He +elt that a

 better document &ould be Desi%n $ools. He 1resented his &or> so +ar and thecommittee a%reed that he 1re1are an initial dra+t on 7Desi%n $ools: document based

on the table o+ contents that he 1resented. He also reuested data on a11lications that

could be used to demonstrate the desi%n tools that he has de/elo1ed. Se/eral

members o++ered to contact him &ith details o+ a11lications he could use. $he dra+tand a11lications &ill be 1resented at the Den/er Con/ention.

+ %e3 usiness

• t &as 1ro1osed to reuest a technical session on "remi= GFC at the Fall -((?

Con/ention in "uerto ico October '3;'@.

• t &as 1ro1osed to reuest a $echnical Session on Desi%n Methods +or $hin

ein+orced Cementitious "roducts at "uerto ico Con/ention.

• Future 1roects &ere 1ro1osed) aE State o+ the Art on Manu+acture o+ $hin

ein+orced Cementitious "roducts bE Create stand alone document on S1ray;u1GFC section that is included in State o+ the Art Fiber ein+orced Concrete

33.'.

 

+ %e.t Meeting

$he ne=t meetin% &ill ta>e 1lace on Sunday, No/ember th, -((6 at '(.*(am;-.((1m

in Den/er, CO durin% the AC -((6 Fall Con/ention.

9+ Informal 1iscussion of Pro6ects

Barin Mobasher 1resented his &or> on Desi%n Methods +or $hin ein+orcedCementitious Com1osites.

2+ Ad6ourn

Meetin% &as adourned at -)((1m by Chairman Ashish Dubey.

es1ect+ully submitted by Committee Secretary John Jones