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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Development of Ductile and Durable High Strength Concrete (HSC) through Interactive Incorporation of Coir Waste and Silica Fume.

Babar Ali, Muhammad Fahad, Shahid Ullah, Hawreen Ahmed, Rayed Alyousef, Ahmed Deifalla

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Babar AliDepartment of Civil Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad-Sahiwal Campus, Sahiwal 57000, Pakistan.
Muhammad FahadDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-5168-3089
Shahid UllahEarthquake Engineering Center, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-4310-2571
Hawreen AhmedDepartment of Highway and Bridge Engineering, Technical Engineering College, Erbil Polytechnic University, Erbil 44001, Iraq.
Rayed AlyousefDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj 16273, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3821-5491
Ahmed DeifallaStructural Engineering Department, Structural Engineering and Construction Management, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-1758-3743

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Abstract

The issue of brittleness and low post-peak load energy associated with the plain HSC led to the development of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) by using discrete fiber filaments in the plain matrix. Due to the high environmental impact of industrial fibers and plasticizers, FRC development is ecologically challenged. Sustainability issues demand the application of eco-friendly development of FRC. This study is aimed at the evaluation of coir as a fiber-reinforcement material in HSC, with the incorporation of silica fume as a partial replacement of cement. For this purpose, a total of 12 concrete mixes were produced by using three different doses of coir (0%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2% by wt. of binder) with silica fume (0%, 5%, and 10% as volumetric replacements of cement). The examined parameters include compressive strength, shear strength, splitting tensile strength, ultrasonic pulse velocity, water absorption, and chloride ion permeability. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) technique was adopted to observe the microstructure of the CF-reinforced concrete. The results revealed that due to the CF addition, the compressive strength of HSC reduces notably; however, the splitting tensile strength and shear strength experienced notable improvements. At the combined incorporation of 1.5% CF with 5% silica fume, the splitting tensile strength and shear strength of the concrete experienced improvements of 47% and 70%, respectively, compared to that of the control mix. The CF incorporation is detrimental to the imperviousness of concrete. The combined incorporation of CF and silica fume is recommended to minimize the negative effects of CF on the permeability resistance of concrete. The SEM results revealed that CF underwent a minor shrinkage with the age.

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coconut wastehigh strength concretenatural fibersshear strengthsupplementary cementitious materialultrasonic pulse velocity

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PMID35407948
PMCPMC9000461

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