ABSTRACT

Polycarbonate is thermoplastic polymer group. It is easily formed using heat. Plastic has many advantages, namely thermal resistance compared to other types of plastic, resistant to impact, and very clear. The purpose of this research is to replace steel in reinforced concrete with polycarbonate and it is expected to contribute a good flexural strength on the porous concrete slab. The test specimen is 40x40x5 cm and the variation widths of polycarbonate are 2 cm, 4 cm, and 6 cm. Polycarbonates are arranged in the x direction and y direction, such as the reinforcement in concrete slab. The distance between the pores in concrete slab is 8 cm. Once the concrete aged 28 days, the next step is testing the flexural strength. The results show the concrete compressive strength is 24.699 MPa. The biggest average flexural test is in porous concrete slab with diameter of reinforcement is 6 mm. Meanwhile, for porous concrete slab without reinforcement and porous concrete slab with polycarbonate have flexural strength which is almost the same. This is because there is no bond between polycarbonate and concrete, so that the adhesion between them is very small and virtually non-existent. In addition, the results show that there is no contribution of polycarbonate flexural strength in concrete slab.