INFANT JESUS COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY
 TOPIC
use of coconut fiber in the production of structural
lightweight cocrete
PRESENTED BY
S.BEN NARENDRAN
s.Benny roger
 CONCRETE

NUMBER ONE STRUCTURAL MATERIAL IN

THE WORLD
COMPONENTS OF CONCRETE

• CEMENT

• FINE AGGREGATES

• COARSE AGGREGATES

• WATER
 LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATES
PALM KERNEL SHELL RICE HUSK SAW DUST

SINTERED FLY ASH COCONUT SHELLS

COCONUT PRODUCTION
SPECIMEN PREPARATION AND
TESTING
 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

LENGTH OF COCONUT FIBER : 15-35 mm.

DIAMETER OF COCONUT FIBER : 0.17-0.24 mm.

NATURAL HUMIDITY : 12.2%.

 WATER ABSORPTION

WATER ABSORPTION CAPACITY OF COCONUT FIBER

 DENSITY

DENSITY OF PLAIN AND COCONUT FIBER

REINFORCED CONCRETE
 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

TENSILE STRENGTH OF COCONUT FIBER

STRESS AND STRAIN TO FAILURE OF COCONUT FIBER

SCANNING ELECTRON
MICROGRAPH
 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH

STRENGTH OF PLAIN AND FIBER REINFORCED

CONCRETE
NO. OF CRACKS DEVELOPED IN
PLAIN AND FIBER REINFORCED
CONCRETE
LENGTH AND WIDTH OF CRACKS
IN PLAIN AND FIBRE
REINFORCED CONCRETE
STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP
OF PLAIN AND FIBRE
REINFORCED CONCRETE
 CONCLUSION
USES OF STRUCTURAL LIGHT
WEIGHT CONCRETE

• REDUCETHE DEAD LOAD

• LESS REINFORCEMENT
• IMPROVED INSULATION PROPERTIES
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