Effect of fibre aspect ratio on mechanical properties of soil building blocks

By H. Danso, D. B. Martinson, Muhammad Ali, John B. Williams. 2015

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Abstract Inclusion of fibres in soil blocks has been shown to enhance strength development. This study investigates the effect of aspect ratio of coconut, bagasse and oil palm fibres on the mechanical properties of soil blocks. Experiments were conducted on soil blocks with fibre aspect ratios (25–125) to determine the compressive and tensile strength of the blocks. Blocks with coconut and oil palm fibres showed increasing strength with increase aspect ratio, while bagasse fibres showed an initial increase followed by a decline at higher aspect ratio. The study concludes that generally longer aspect ratios produce better mechanical properties of soil blocks.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering

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In Building and Construction

1. Muhammad Ali
2. John B. Williams
3. H. Danso
4. D. B. Martinson

In Civil and Structural Engineering

1. Muhammad Ali
2. John B. Williams
3. H. Danso
4. D. B. Martinson

Citations in the corpus

• Physical, mechanical and durability properties of soil building blocks reinforced with natural fibres (2015, background): “The properties of the selected fibres are reported in Table 2, the lengths of the fibres used were a result of the optimum lengths that produced maximum strength in the previous study [2].”