Abstract: The main aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of use of organic (natural) fibers in cement. The natural fibers selected in this paper are human hair, jute and palm fibers. The percentage of fibers added is 2% with respect to weight of cement. The casted blocks are tested for its compressive strength, water absorption and density. The test results are compare with the conventional cement blocks casted under same conditions. It is found that cement blocks with jute fibers and hair fibers have more compressive strength than the conventional cement block. The cement block with palm fibers failed to give any compressive strength because of its bond strength with cement is weak.
Keywords: Cement, Human hair, Jute fibers and Palm fibers.
Title: Preliminary Studies on the Effect of Natural Organic Fibers on Cement
Author: Shifana Fatima Kaafil, Shamim Shaukat Khan
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
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