Abstract
Mechanical Properties of Low Densities Lightweight Foamed Concrete Strengthen with Raw Empty Fruit Bunch Fibre
Highlights
Lightweight foamed concrete (LFC) has gained major attention among the industrial players and building material manufacturers owing to its excellent thermal and mechanical properties such as high flowability, low self-weight, good thermal performance and sound insulation properties [1,2,3]
The results revealed that the inclusion of 0.45% of empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibre in lightweight foamed concrete (LFC) helps to give the best results for the compressive, bending and splitting tensile strengths
EFB fibre acts as fillers bridging the gaps and microcracks within the LFC, resulting in the high strengths
Summary
Lightweight foamed concrete (LFC) has gained major attention among the industrial players and building material manufacturers owing to its excellent thermal and mechanical properties such as high flowability, low self-weight, good thermal performance and sound insulation properties [1,2,3]. The low self-weight of LFC makes it capable for load reduction in tunnel construction [7] and it could reduce the size of foundation in structure design of building [8]. Though increasing consideration has been given to LFC worldwide, its application in Malaysian construction industry is still in its infancy. It has been utilized in a number of applications such as in the smart tunnel project Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [9]. LFC is being applied primarily for level correction in housing development and as fill-in material for load works, but is being used as a semistructural element in construction [13]
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