Review on GFRG Panels in Low Cost Rural Infrastructure Housing

Abstract

The main motive of this literature survey is to provide the basic information of GFRG panels in construction of low cost houses. GFRG (Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum) is a new building material which is also known as “Rapid wall Building Panel’’. The main reason for using these panels in construction is to overcome the unavailability of natural resources like river sand, water, gravel, etc. The gypsum is industrial by-product waste. GFRG panels are made up of calcined gypsum plaster and glass fiber. The panel contains cavities that may be filled with concrete and reinforced with steel bars to impart additional strength and provide ductility. It has light weight, high compressive strength, shearing strength, flexural strength, stiffness and ductility. The rapid wall buildings are also resistant to fire, heat, water and corrosion. The paper carried out some of the literature study in different samples of GFRG panel`s performance in experimental wise.