Developing Suitable Proportions for the Production of Pineapple Leaf Fibers Reinforced Normal Strength Concrete

• 作者: Geoffrey N. Mang’uriu Kayibanda Patrick Richard Ocharo Onchiri
• 来源期刊: 土木工程期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: PINEAPPLE LEAF Fibers Tensile STRENGTH COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FLEXURAL STRENGTH and Water Absorption
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（3）
• 页码范围: 185-194
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

The present work tried to develop suitable proportions for the production of Pineapple Leaf Fibers (PALF) reinforced Normal Strength Concrete (NSC), an experimental analysis with a mix ratio of 1:1.84:3.27 for cement: fine aggregates: coarse aggregates with constant water to cement ratio of 0.54. The total volume per mixing batch was calculated of 9 cubes + 9 cylinders + 3 beams in order to know the number of materials to be used in casting per batch, and the PALF percentage was taken based on cement weight whereby it starts from the lowest to the maximum as follow 0%, 0.2%, 0.4%, 0.6%, 0.8%, and 1%. The tests that were done on fresh concrete were compacting factors and workability using the slump test which was carried out on each fresh mix of concrete. The results showed that PALF can be used to improve the Tensile and Flexural properties of Normal Strength Concrete.