Use of waste and low energy materials for construction

Considerable work has been done on the mechanical properties of coconut-fibre enhanced concrete. The primary test variables were the fibres weight fraction, and fibres aspect ratio. The addition of coconut-fibres significantly improved many of the engineering properties of concrete, notably torsion,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yalley, Peter Paa-Kofi
Published: Cardiff University 2008
Subjects:
690
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.584342