2020
DOI: 10.3390/fib8060037
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Determination and Review of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Raw and Treated Coconut Fibers for Their Recycling in Construction Materials

Abstract: In order to reduce the dependency on conventional materials and negative environmental impacts, one of the main responsibilities of the construction field is to find new eco-friendly resources to replace the traditional materials partially. Natural fibers were known as potential candidates for the reinforcement of structures in civil engineering by virtue of their advantages. Among the different kinds of vegetable fibers, coconut fiber has been exploited in a limited way over the past few years. This paper aim… Show more

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“…The cross-sectional and longitudinal views of the fibers along with flatness and unevenness were observed by SEM. The Keyence VHX 6000 digital microscope model was used, in which the microscopic image is processed by computer-assisted drawing software to determine the area of the fiber section [27].…”
Section: Physical Chemical and Thermal Properties Of Fibersmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The cross-sectional and longitudinal views of the fibers along with flatness and unevenness were observed by SEM. The Keyence VHX 6000 digital microscope model was used, in which the microscopic image is processed by computer-assisted drawing software to determine the area of the fiber section [27].…”
Section: Physical Chemical and Thermal Properties Of Fibersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Natural fibers have low thermal conductivity, which makes them suitable for composite materials used for construction [24]. The addition of natural fibers improves the thermal, mechanical and acoustic characteristics of construction materials [25][26][27][28]. The addition of fibers increases the tensile strength and post-peak load-bearing capacity of construction materials [12].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Machines have been designed and fabricated for crops and more works are still going on to improve on the design of such machines [8]. This paper presents the determination of some physical and engineering properties of coconut which helps in the design and development of dehusking operation, coconut splitting machine, coconut water collector and similar types of machine associated with coconut.…”
Section: Area (Ha)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The researchers observed that palm fiber [ 1 ] reduced the early drying shrinkage of concrete; it is found that the addition of natural fibers creates a good thermal insulation performance for cement mortar, hemp shives [ 2 ], flax straw, granular cork, and palm fiber [ 3 ]. Especially in terms of mechanical properties, the researchers reported that natural fibers (such as sisal fiber [ 4 ], coir [ 5 , 6 ], coconut [ 7 , 8 ], açaí fiber [ 9 ] and human hair fiber [ 10 ]) improve the compressive strength and flexural strength of NFRC. Using sisal fiber could enhance the impact resistance [ 11 , 12 ] of NFRC.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%