Sure, no reason you couldn't mold aircrete into blocks, and those blocks could be the same basic shape as Rastra, ie leaving those round channels for rebar and full strength concrete.
I need to go see this video with inside/out fiberglass on aircrete. I'll assume they used some sort of mesh?
Theoretically, you wouldn't need to do both sides. The tension forces on a dome are the highest at the outside surface. Same reason a conventional monolithic dome is built with the rebar not in the center of the shell, but rather as close to the outside surface as possible. So, I'd suggest a aircrete dome could be wrapped in reinforcement, then a thin topping of conventional mortar would do the job.
Does have me thinking a bit. Me being the dome guy I am, and owning an airform, I always figured whatever I did had to be spray applied. Aircrete is generally regarded as being so fluid before setting, that the only way to make it useable was to pour into forms, making bricks of various sizes. But, I have access to some interesting thickening compounds which could made aircrete "stand up" in such a way as to be applicable to a airform. Calls for an experiment.
I need to go see this video with inside/out fiberglass on aircrete. I'll assume they used some sort of mesh?
Theoretically, you wouldn't need to do both sides. The tension forces on a dome are the highest at the outside surface. Same reason a conventional monolithic dome is built with the rebar not in the center of the shell, but rather as close to the outside surface as possible. So, I'd suggest a aircrete dome could be wrapped in reinforcement, then a thin topping of conventional mortar would do the job.
Does have me thinking a bit. Me being the dome guy I am, and owning an airform, I always figured whatever I did had to be spray applied. Aircrete is generally regarded as being so fluid before setting, that the only way to make it useable was to pour into forms, making bricks of various sizes. But, I have access to some interesting thickening compounds which could made aircrete "stand up" in such a way as to be applicable to a airform. Calls for an experiment.