Physical and mechanical properties of durable sisal fiber–cement composites

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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].”
Study on Mechanical Properties of Natural - Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Hybrid Composites: A Review (2015, background): “Now a day’s natural fibers such as sisal and jute fiber composite materials are replacing the glass and carbon fibers owing to their easy availability and cost [7].”
Cementitious building materials reinforced with vegetable fibres : a review (2011, background): “Other authors [44] tested cement composites reinforced by long sisal fibres placed at the full length of a steel mold in five layers (mortar/fibres/mortar).”
Use of macro plastic fibres in concrete: A review (2015, background): “Natural fibres, such as wood [10], sisal [11], coconut [12], sugarcane bagasse [13], palm 35 [14], and vegetable fibres [15], are cheap and easily available, but they have poor durability.”
Cellulosic fiber reinforced cement-based composites: A review of recent research (2015, methodology): “As far as we know, the only reported work with long fibers have been made by Toledo Filho and co-workers [40-46].”