Ferrocement is usually employed in thin walled
structures constructed of cement mortar reinforced with
layers of continuous and relatively small diameter steel
wire meshes. Its main characteristic is the quantity and
dispersion of the steel reinforcement. The closely spaced
and uniformly distributed reinforcement turns the
fragile cement mortar into a resistant composite, significantly
different from the conventional reinforced
concrete.
One of the main advantages of ferrocement is that it
requires no formwork, which allows great flexibility to
conceive and allows it be fabricated into very general
shapes, some very complicated to build with standard
masonry, reinforced concrete or steel. Due to the percentage
percentage
in volume of steel (above 2.0%) and its specific
surface (not