Enhancement of durability and engineering performance of lightweight foamed concrete reinforced with alkali-treated coir fiber / Siti Nurain bZainal Afandi and Md Azree Othuman Mydin

Zainal Afandi, Siti Nurain and Othuman Mydin, Md Azree (2018) Enhancement of durability and engineering performance of lightweight foamed concrete reinforced with alkali-treated coir fiber / Siti Nurain bZainal Afandi and Md Azree Othuman Mydin. In: 3rd Undergraduate Seminar on Built Environment and Technology 2018 (USBET2018), September 2018, Universiti Teknologi Mara Perak Branch.

Abstract

With regards to environmental concerns and in line with Malaysian government’s environmental strategy on utilizing sustainable waste materials such as those from natural resources in turn to diminish the harmful effects of synthetic materials on the environment, it has brought a challenge to reconnoiter how it can be attained by promoting the agricultural wastes into useful products. Hence this research attempts to investigate the potential use of coir fiber as reinforcement material in lightweight foamed concrete. The effect of alkali treatment of coir fiber at different percentages of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8% and 10% wt. concentration were investigated comprehensively. Experimental results showed that alkali treatment of coir fiber plays an important role to alter the interface of the fiber adequately prompting a variation in the durability and mechanical properties holistically. As a whole, 6% of alkali treatment of coir fiber is the optimum percentage in which it gave the highest compressive strength and splitting tensile strength. The significance of alkali treatment of coir fiber was the meddling of hydrogen bonding in the fiber surface, consequently increasing the surface roughness as well. This condition is really beneficial for coir fiber and the cement matrix interfacial adhesion as a rougher surface expedites fiber and cement matrix mechanical interlocking.

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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Zainal Afandi, Siti Nurain
nurainafandi@gmail.com
Othuman Mydin, Md Azree
azree@usm.my
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering. Civil engineering > Engineering design
T Technology > TA Engineering. Civil engineering > Materials of engineering and construction > Concrete
T Technology > TA Engineering. Civil engineering > Materials of engineering and construction > Concrete > Strength and testing
T Technology > TA Engineering. Civil engineering > Reinforced concrete
T Technology > TA Engineering. Civil engineering > Reinforced concrete > Malaysia
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak > Seri Iskandar Campus
Event Title: 3rd Undergraduate Seminar on Built Environment and Technology 2018 (USBET2018)
Event Dates: September 2018
Page Range: pp. 545-556
Keywords: Alkali treatment, Coir fiber; Foamcrete; Mechanical properties; Splitting tensile
Date: 2018
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/51108
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