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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/acc.2022.14.5.355

Banana agriculture waste as eco-friendly material in fibre-reinforced concrete: An experimental study

Mohammed M., Attia (Civil & Architecture Construction Department, Faculty of Technology and Education, Suez University)
Abd Al-Kader A., Al Sayed (The High Technological Institute)
Bassam A., Tayeh (Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza)
Shymaa M.M., Shawky (The High Technological Institute)

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Advances in concrete construction / v.14, no.5, 2022 , pp. 355-368 More about this Journal

Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of length and volume fractions (VFs) of banana fibres (BFs) on the mechanical and physical properties of concrete. The mechanical properties were compressive strength, splitting tensile, flexural strength, and bond stress, while the physical properties were unit weight and absorption. The slump test was used to determine workability. The concrete's behaviour with BFs was studied using scanning electron microscopy. Experimental work of concrete mixtures with BFs of various lengths (12 mm, 25 mm, and 35 mm) and VFs (0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5%) were carried out. The samples did not indicate any agglomeration of fibres or heterogeneity during mixing. The addition of BFs to concrete with VFs of up to 1.50% for all fibre lengths have a significant impact on mechanical properties, also the longer fibres performed better than shorter ones at all volume fractions of BFs. The mix10, which contain BFs with VFs 1.5% and length 35 mm, demonstrated the highest mechanical properties. The compressive strength, splitting tensile, flexural strength, and bond stress of the mix10 were 37.71 MPa, 4.27 Mpa, 6.12 MPa, and 6.75 MPa, an increase of 7.37%, 20.96%, 24.13%, and 11.2% over the reference concrete, which was 35.12 MPa, 3.53 MPa, 4.93 MPa, and 6.07 MP, respectively. The absorption is increased for all lengths by increasing the VFs up to 1.5%. Longer fibres have lower absorption, while shorter fibres have higher absorption. The mix8 had the highest absorption of 4.52%, compared to 3.12% for the control mix. Furthermore, the microstructure of concrete was improved through improved bonding between the fibres and the matrix, which resulted in improved mechanical properties of the composite.

Keywords

banana fiber; bond stress; compressive strength; fiber-reinforced concrete; scanning electron microscopy; split tensile strength;

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