Structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste

The palm oil industry in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Colombia has been aggressively expanding over the years. Inevitably, the production of palm oil from fresh fruit bunches has generated solid waste, such as oil palm shell (OPS). Such exploitation of OPS when utilized as coarse aggre...

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Main Authors: Ng, Cheehiong, Mannan, Mohammad Abdul, Kameswara Rao, N. S V
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Published: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2016
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Mannan, Mohammad Abdul
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description The palm oil industry in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Colombia has been aggressively expanding over the years. Inevitably, the production of palm oil from fresh fruit bunches has generated solid waste, such as oil palm shell (OPS). Such exploitation of OPS when utilized as coarse aggregate in concrete can reduce the reliance of the local construction industry on the use of natural stone aggregates, which are depleting quantitatively. When and if huge amount of OPS can be effectively used, it will not only be a green solution but also a great advantage to both the local palm oil industry and the construction business. Particularly to highlight in typical modern buildings made of reinforced concrete, slab panels consume the most concrete compared to the rest of structural components because they occupy a large space in the floor. Precast floor panels cast with concrete made with OPS can comply with the Industrialized Building System (IBS) because they are innovative, involving the precast system. This paper reports the structural performance of precast floor panels made with OPS concrete under two-line load (TLL), both at the early age of 28 days and a later age of 400 days. Panels tested at an early age failed in a brittle manner, whereas the others, at the later age, failed in a flexural behavior. Results based on parameters, such as service and ultimate load capacity, moment capacity, deflection, cracking characteristics, and ductility, also revealed that the panels performed generally better at a later age compared to an early age. © 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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spelling unimas-153262017-02-16T07:45:48Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15326/ Structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste Ng, Cheehiong Mannan, Mohammad Abdul Kameswara Rao, N. S V TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The palm oil industry in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Colombia has been aggressively expanding over the years. Inevitably, the production of palm oil from fresh fruit bunches has generated solid waste, such as oil palm shell (OPS). Such exploitation of OPS when utilized as coarse aggregate in concrete can reduce the reliance of the local construction industry on the use of natural stone aggregates, which are depleting quantitatively. When and if huge amount of OPS can be effectively used, it will not only be a green solution but also a great advantage to both the local palm oil industry and the construction business. Particularly to highlight in typical modern buildings made of reinforced concrete, slab panels consume the most concrete compared to the rest of structural components because they occupy a large space in the floor. Precast floor panels cast with concrete made with OPS can comply with the Industrialized Building System (IBS) because they are innovative, involving the precast system. This paper reports the structural performance of precast floor panels made with OPS concrete under two-line load (TLL), both at the early age of 28 days and a later age of 400 days. Panels tested at an early age failed in a brittle manner, whereas the others, at the later age, failed in a flexural behavior. Results based on parameters, such as service and ultimate load capacity, moment capacity, deflection, cracking characteristics, and ductility, also revealed that the panels performed generally better at a later age compared to an early age. © 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15326/1/Structural-performance-of-precast-floor-panel-using-oil-palm-shell-solid-waste_2016_Journal-of-Infrastructure-Systems.html Ng, Cheehiong and Mannan, Mohammad Abdul and Kameswara Rao, N. S V (2016) Structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 22 (4). ISSN 10760342 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84997427179&doi=10.1061%2f%28ASCE%29IS.1943-555X.0000317&partnerID=40&md5=4907490bd5020bf722cfd341cbe4c75e DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000317
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Ng, Cheehiong
Mannan, Mohammad Abdul
Kameswara Rao, N. S V
Structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste
title Structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste
title_full Structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste
title_fullStr Structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste
title_full_unstemmed Structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste
title_short Structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste
title_sort structural performance of precast floor panel using oil palm shell solid waste
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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