PROPERTIES OF FIBROUS

LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE OF
AGAVE SISALANA
Akmaluddin
Suryawan Murtiadi
Suparjo
Zaedar Gazalba
Civil Engineering Department,
Faculty of Engineering Mataram University

OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
EXPERIMENTAL

PROGRAM
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
CONCLUSSION

INTRODUCTION
Diverse

Fiber Applications
Availability of Natural Fibers
Natural fibers of pineapple leaves
(Agave Sisalana) Sisal fiber
Pumice availability Lightweight
concrete
Lightweight concrete containing
fibers Fibrous lightweight concrete

INTRODUCTION

Bali Pineapple Plant grow wild

Pumice availability

EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM
Material Preparation
1. Sisal fibers process

scrapping 60 cm length of the leaves by a

simple way using the equipment of bamboo

Fibers were cut of 60 mm length

Sisal specimen test

Fibers specimen for tensile test

Tensile testing of fiber specimen

2. Lightweight concrete
Pumice aggregate of 10 mm maximum size
Cement used of Tiga Roda
Concrete mixture was set as table below

Mixture proportion
Type of
concrete

Target strength
f c, MPa

w/c

Cement
kg/m3

Sand
kg/m3

Pumice
kg/m3

Lightweight

12

0.94

367

473

378

AGGREGATE PROPERTIES

Properties
Pumice
Maximum aggregate size (mm)
10
Bulk density (kg/m3)
410
Unit weight (SSD) (gr/cm3)
0.356
Mud content (%)
Water absorption (%)
63.9
Water content (%)
41.93
Specific gravity (SSD)
1.08

Sand
1642
1.297
3.010
2.52
13.33
2.66

Specimen Preparation
Variation

Fiber Volume
Fraction (%)

0.5

0.75

1.25

1.5

Fibrous Concrete Mixture

Instrumentation and Test Procedure

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Typical test results

Ec

S2 S1
2 0.00005

f'c (MPa)

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

Fiber Contents (%)

Fiber Concrete Compressive

Strength Variation

14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Ec (MPa)

Fiber Contents (%)

Effect of Fiber Contents in the

Modulus of Elasticity

2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
(kg/m3)

Fiber Contents (%)

Density Variation of Fibrous

Concrete

14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
Ec (MPa)

6,000
4,000
2,000
0

11

13

15

17

f'c (MPa)

Elastic Modulus vs Compressive

Strength

19

35,000
30,000

f(x) = 23167.41x - 66090.35

R = 0.99

25,000
20,000
Ec(1+v) 15,000
10,000
5,000
0
3.00

3.20

3.40

3.60

3.80

4.00

4.20

4.40

f'c

Relationship between Ec and f'c

Comparison of Ec
S 2 S1
Ec
.................... (1)
2 0.00005

Ec 0.65 4700 f c' ........................ (2)

Ec

66090 23167 f c'

1

...................(3)

Ec (MPa)

18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0

Ec(exp)
Ec(prop)

Fiber Contents (%)

Ec Values at Various Fiber Contents

Comparison of Ec values
v (%)

fc

Ec (1)

Ec(2)

Ec(3)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

0.00

12.45

8311.69

10,779.20

15,651.94

1.297

1.883

0.50

10.75

7056.71

10,017.33

6,582.97

1.420

0.933

0.75

11.51

7458.54

10,362.85

7,139.82

1.389

0.957

1.00

13.39

8677.98

11,180.05

9,345.85

1.288

1.077

1.25

14.01

8795.28

11,433.06

9,160.19

1.300

1.041

1.50

17.69

12890.58

12,846.95

12,532.94

0.997

0.972

2.00

14.52

9943.75

11,642.86

7,400.46

1.171

0.744

Ratio
(6)=(4)/(3)

(7)=(5)/(3)

CONCLUSIONS
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

The addition of sisal fibers into the concrete mixture

significantly affects the compressive strength and elastic
modulus of fibrous lightweight concrete.
Fibrous lightweight concrete containing less than 1%
sisal fiber produce compressive strength less than
strength of the normal lightweight concrete (0%).
Maximum compressive strength of 17 MPa was achieved
at the fibrous lightweight concrete with 1.5% fiber
contents.
Unit-weight of fibrous lightweight concretes were less
than 1850 kg/m3 which is identified as lightweight
concrete criterion.
The empirical formula to calculate the elastic modulus of
fibrous lightweight concrete of sisal fiber was proposed.

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