TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect on compressive and flexural strength of agave fiber reinforced adobes
AU - Caballero-Caballero, Magdaleno
AU - Chinas-Castillo, Fernando
AU - Montes Bernabé, José Luis
AU - Alavéz-Ramirez, Rafael
AU - Silva Rivera, María Eugenia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2018/7/4
Y1 - 2018/7/4
N2 - Adobe bricks, formed from raw clay, are used as construction materials since ancient times. Their main drawback is a low flexural and compressive strength. Agave bagasse is a waste material from the Mezcal production process. Angustifolia haw agave bagasse fiber was added to improve the properties of adobes. Adobe bricks were made with agave fibers ranging from 10 to 25 mm length and 0.25 to 1% concentration. At 1% concentration of agave, 25 mm long, the compressive and flexural strength are improved by 33% and 7.01%, fulfilling the requirements of Mexican construction regulation norm N-CMT-2-01-001/02 class C.
AB - Adobe bricks, formed from raw clay, are used as construction materials since ancient times. Their main drawback is a low flexural and compressive strength. Agave bagasse is a waste material from the Mezcal production process. Angustifolia haw agave bagasse fiber was added to improve the properties of adobes. Adobe bricks were made with agave fibers ranging from 10 to 25 mm length and 0.25 to 1% concentration. At 1% concentration of agave, 25 mm long, the compressive and flexural strength are improved by 33% and 7.01%, fulfilling the requirements of Mexican construction regulation norm N-CMT-2-01-001/02 class C.
KW - Adobes
KW - Agave Angustifolia haw
KW - bagasse
KW - compressive strength
KW - fiber
KW - flexural
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029410332&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15440478.2017.1349709
DO - 10.1080/15440478.2017.1349709
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1544-0478
VL - 15
SP - 575
EP - 585
JO - Journal of Natural Fibers
JF - Journal of Natural Fibers
IS - 4
ER -