TITLE:
Developing Suitable Proportions for the Production of Pineapple Leaf Fibers Reinforced Normal Strength Concrete
AUTHORS:
Kayibanda Patrick, Richard Ocharo Onchiri, Geoffrey N. Mang’uriu
KEYWORDS:
Pineapple Leaf Fibers, Tensile Strength, Compressive Strength, Flexural Strength, and Water Absorption
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Civil Engineering,
Vol.9 No.3,
July
9,
2019
ABSTRACT: 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.