Assessment of the Relationship Between Diameter and Tensile Strength of Piassaba (Aphandra natalia) Fibers

Estudio de los efectos de diferentes combinaciones de materiales repelentes de agua y fibras de piassaba (Aphandra natalia) en morteros de cemento = Study of the effects of different combinations of water-repellent agents and supplementary cementing materials on piassaba fibers (Aphandra natalia) in cement mortars.

“…Attalea funifera mart and leopoldinia piassaba wallace fibers have characterized and used experimentally as reinforcements of polymer matrices, finding applicability in materials that require good impact resistance and greater hardness (Sergio N Monteiro et al, 2006;Shimazaki & Colombo, 2010). Nevertheless, piassaba from Aphandra natalia has not been used experimentally in composite materials (Balcázar-Arciniega & Hernández-Olivares, 2017). This research is consistent with the promotion of the use of renewable natural resources, to reduce the detrimental effect of synthetic materials on the environment, meeting with the challenge of turn the agricultural and construction waste into useful products to improve performance and durability of cement mortar composites reinforced with vegetable fibers.…”