Mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre

The rapid population growth around the world has caused the housing demands to increase rapidly. More infrastructures and buildings are required in order to facilitate the expanding population. This phenomenon has caused the demands on construction materials such as concrete to increase as well. Con...

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Main Author: Choong, Wai Kit
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12489/
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description The rapid population growth around the world has caused the housing demands to increase rapidly. More infrastructures and buildings are required in order to facilitate the expanding population. This phenomenon has caused the demands on construction materials such as concrete to increase as well. Concrete has many advantages including low cost, high availability, low maintenance, high compressive strength and durability, concrete's low tensile strength requires it to be reinforced with high tensile strength materials. The addition of natural fibre into fresh concrete can increase the ductility of the concrete matrix. This study aims to investigate the workability, compressive strength, and flexural strength of concrete added with bamboo fibre. The addition of bamboo fibre is divided into three different percentages namely 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% based on the volume of the concrete mixture. The slump test was carried out to determine the workability of the concrete, while the compression test and flexural test were performed to determine the compressive strength and flexural strength, respectively. The workability and compressive strength decreased when more bamboo fibre was added into the concrete, yet the flexural strength increased when more bamboo fibre was added. In conclusion, this study presents an experimental investigation on the mechanical behaviour of bamboo fibre reinforced concrete.
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spelling ump-124892022-02-16T11:46:43Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12489/ Mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre Choong, Wai Kit TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The rapid population growth around the world has caused the housing demands to increase rapidly. More infrastructures and buildings are required in order to facilitate the expanding population. This phenomenon has caused the demands on construction materials such as concrete to increase as well. Concrete has many advantages including low cost, high availability, low maintenance, high compressive strength and durability, concrete's low tensile strength requires it to be reinforced with high tensile strength materials. The addition of natural fibre into fresh concrete can increase the ductility of the concrete matrix. This study aims to investigate the workability, compressive strength, and flexural strength of concrete added with bamboo fibre. The addition of bamboo fibre is divided into three different percentages namely 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% based on the volume of the concrete mixture. The slump test was carried out to determine the workability of the concrete, while the compression test and flexural test were performed to determine the compressive strength and flexural strength, respectively. The workability and compressive strength decreased when more bamboo fibre was added into the concrete, yet the flexural strength increased when more bamboo fibre was added. In conclusion, this study presents an experimental investigation on the mechanical behaviour of bamboo fibre reinforced concrete. 2015-07 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12489/1/FKASA%20-%20CHOONG%20WAI%20KIT.PDF Choong, Wai Kit (2015) Mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Choong, Wai Kit
Mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre
title Mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre
title_full Mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre
title_fullStr Mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre
title_full_unstemmed Mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre
title_short Mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre
title_sort mechanical behaviour of concrete added with bamboo fibre
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12489/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12489/1/FKASA%20-%20CHOONG%20WAI%20KIT.PDF