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This study focuses on extricating the impending utilization of ‘saccharum officinarum‘ fiber into lightweight foamed concrete for engineering properties enhancement. This study wishes to establish the engineering performance of lightweight foamed concrete with the inclusion of ‘saccharum officinarum‘ fibre of 1000 kg/m3 density. Different weight fractions of ‘saccharum officinarum‘ fibre of 0.1%, 0.2%,0.3% and 0.4% were used. There were four parameters that were assessed such as water absorption, porosity, drying shrinkage, ultrasonic pulse velocity. Protein-based foaming agent Noraite PA-1 was used to produce the targeted density of lightweight foamed concrete. In turn, to attain comparable results, the water-cement ratio was fixed to 0.40 while the cement-sand ratio was constant at 1:1.5. The results had revealed that the addition of 0.3% of ‘saccharum officinarum‘ gave the best results for all the engineering performance parameters considered in this research. At 0.3% weight fraction of ‘saccharum officinarum‘, the fibers and the cementitious matrix accomplished full compaction, which led to outstanding mix uniformity. Further, than the optimum level of ‘saccharum officinarum‘ fibre addition, accumulation, and the non-uniform distribution of fibers was detected, which preceded to a reduction in entire engineering properties evaluated.
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In-Text Citation: (Mydin, 2022)
To Cite this Article: Mydin, M. A. O. (2022). Engineering Properties of Green Lightweight Foamed Concrete Strengthen with ‘Saccharum Officinarum’ Fiber. International Journal of Acdemic Research in Accounting, Finance and Managment Science, 12(1), 174–183.
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