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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Reinforcing Mechanisms of Coir Fibers in Light-Weight Aggregate Concrete.

Xiaoxiao Zhang, Leo Pel, Florent Gauvin, David Smeulders

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Advances in Natural Fibers and Polymers.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoxiao ZhangDepartment of Applied Physics, Transport in Permeable Media, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Leo PelDepartment of Applied Physics, Transport in Permeable Media, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Florent GauvinDepartment of Built Environment, Building Materials, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7640-1068
David SmeuldersDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Energy Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Eindhoven University of Technology · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the requirement for developing more sustainable constructions, natural fibers from agricultural wastes, such as coir fibers, have been increasingly used as an alternative in concrete composites. However, the influence of coir fibers on the hydration and shrinkage of cement-based materials is not clear. In addition, limited information about the reinforcing mechanisms of coir fibers in concrete can be found. The goal of this research is to investigate the effects of coir fibers on the hydration reaction, microstructure, shrinkages, and mechanical properties of cement-based light-weight aggregate concrete (LWAC). Treatments on coir fibers, namely Ca(OH)

Indexed as

coir fibersfiber treatmenthydrationinternal curingnatural fiberreinforcementshrinkage

Identifiers

PMID33540818
PMCPMC7867346
OpenAlexW3127123021

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