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Developing Suitable Proportions for the Production of Pineapple Leaf Fibers Reinforced Normal Strength Concrete
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Pan African University, Nairobi, Kenya
Department of Building and Civil Engineering, Technical University of Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya
Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
- 1 Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Pan African University, Nairobi, Kenya
- 2 Department of Building and Civil Engineering, Technical University of Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya
- 3 Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
Open Journal of Civil Engineering·Volume 09 (2019)·Pages 185–194·Published 4 July 2019·DOI10.4236/ojce.2019.93013
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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 w as 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 factor s 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.
KeywordsPineapple Leaf FibersTensile StrengthCompressive StrengthFlexural Strengthand Water Absorption
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