Effect of Plastic Optical Fiber on Light Transmitting Concrete

One new type of concrete that was introduced recently is transparent concrete, which is also known as translucent or light transmission concrete. It is the inclusion of glass rods or optical fibers that makes its special feature of light transmission possible. This concrete's main benefits are its lowered dead weight, its shortened building processes during construction, and its lowered shipping and handling costs. The material also has different properties such as low density, thermal conductivity, and is lighter than regular concrete. Light from one side of the block facade is able to reach the other side through the glass rods that are embedded in the wall and run the entire length. Being transparent and flexible, optical glass fibres can carry light through a waveguide or "light pipe" created by joining the two ends. Its thickness is only a little more than that of human hair. It can be either plastic or glass (silica). The main aim of this research is to fabricate transparent substantial blocks using sand, concrete, glass poles, and optical filaments and then to compare their various physical and design characteristics with those of standard substantial blocks. For this purpose, optical strands and glass poles are propounded at four different levels 1%, 1.3%, 1.6%, and 1.9% of the total weight, respectively, in the considerable mix weight, and then the samples are taken at intervals of cm. The essential primary goal of this research is to discern the effects of varying fibre content (from 0% to 1.9% by weight) on the compressive strength and density of concrete cubes of 100 mm x 100 mm x 100 mm in size.