BEHAVIOURAL STUDY ON LATEX TREATED WASTE COIR FIBER IN CONCRETE COMPOSITESJ. SAHAYA RUBEN AND G. BASKARAbstract The overall goal of this research is to investigate the behavioural study of natural fibre in concrete structure.The coir fibre recently attracted an interest as a sustainable fibre composite material, due to some specific mechanical property which can be compared to artificial fibre. The Coir fibre is treated using natural latex before using in concrete, so that it is not be affected by moisture content presented in concrete. In this experimental study of 28 days the compressive strength and split tensile strength are carried out using different coir fibre length of 20mm, 25mm and 30mm respectively of different percentage as 0.5%, 0.75% and 1%. Encouragement should be given for the use of natural fibres which are locally available materials, in the field of civil engineering.Also by considering the case of waste disposal, here an attempt is made to study the possibilities of reusing coir fibre that not only has various applications but also helps in solvingthe problem of waste disposal at least to a small extent.
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