Mechanical characterization of earth-based composites materials reinforced with treated bamboo fibres for affordable housing

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dc.contributor.authorAsare, Benjamin Jnr
dc.contributor.authorDanyuo, Yiporo
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-20T14:56:51Z
dc.date.available2020-04-20T14:56:51Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionThis is the Accepted Manuscript version of this article which has been accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form, subsequent to peer review and/or editorial input by Materials Research Society or Cambridge University Press, in MRS Advances published by Materials Research Society and Cambridge University Press, together with a copyright notice in the name of the copyright holder (Materials Research Society). On publication, the full bibliographical details of the article (volume: issue number (date), page numbers) will be inserted after the journal-title, together with a link to the Cambridge website address for the Journal.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents the characterization of laterite-cement-based matrix composites, reinforced with chemically modified bamboo fibers. Fiber extraction and chemical modification were first explored by soaking slabs of bamboos in NaOH solution (5 wt.% of NaOH in distilled water) for 14 days. Fiber characterization, as well as the flexural and compressive strength of reinforced composites, were carried out with MTS universal mechanical testing machine. Comparative results on the compressive and flexural strength were obtained at 80 wt.% laterite (L) to 20 wt.% cement (C) with fiber ratios from 5-25 wt%. The compressive strength of the composites varied from 7.2 MPa (at 5 wt.% bamboo fiber) to 17.67 MPa (at 25 wt% fiber blocks). The hardness of the composites was found to improve from 66.67-75.0 HD with bamboo fibers. Results were then discussed for possible structural applications such as enhancing low-cost building blocks for rural communities in Ghana.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAshesi Universityen_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI:10.1557/adv.2020.214
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11988/525
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMRS Advancesen_US
dc.subjectcomposite materialsen_US
dc.subjectbambooen_US
dc.subjecthardnessen_US
dc.subjectlow-cost building materialsen_US
dc.titleMechanical characterization of earth-based composites materials reinforced with treated bamboo fibres for affordable housingen_US
dc.typeAccepted manuscript versionen_US

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