Durability of alkali-sensitive sisal and coconut fibres in cement mortar composites

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Potential of alternative fibre cements as building materials for developing areas (2003, background): “[24] and Bentur and Akers [25] noticed similar embrittlement in aged vegetable fibre-OPC composites and found that it could be directly attributed to the petrifaction of the reinforcement through the migration of hydration products to the fibre lumens and pores.”
Synthesis and mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites (2014, background): “Generally, crack deflection, debonding and bridging of fibres slows down the crack propagation in fibre reinforced composites and increase the fracture energy [32-37].”
Mechanical properties and hygroscopicity behavior of compressed earth block filled by date palm fibers (2014, background): “The latest studies appeared on the CEB have shown that the addition of natural fibers reduces the size of shrinkage cracks and improves durability and the tensile strength [5,6,14–16] and decreases the thermal conductivity of composite materials [17,18].”