Structural Behavior of Kenaf Fibre Reinforced Concrete Beams

Authors

  • Sayed Javid Azimi Structural Engineering Faculty of Afghan International Islamic University, PhD candidate at Civil Engineering at Delhi Technological University
  • Abdulhai Kaiwaan Structural Engineering Faculty of Afghan International Islamic University, PhD candidate at Civil Engineering at Delhi Technological University
  • Sayed Alem Azimi Electrical Engineering faculty of Takhar University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29019/eidos.v17i23.1238

Keywords:

kenaf fiber, ductility, load carrying capacity, mode of failure

Abstract

This paper presents the effect of kenaf fibres in
reinforced concrete beams. In investigating the
structural behaviour of the beams, four point bending
test was conducted on five beams by considering
two distinct parameters (i) shear reinforcement
arrangement (ii) the amount of kenaf fibres in the
aforementioned beams. The beams consists of Two
beams with full shear reinforcement by two amount of
kenaf fibres, 10kg/m³ and 20kg/m³, respectively and
two other beams with 50% increased shear spacing
with two different amount of kenaf fibre 10 kg/m³ and
20 kg/m³ were examined. A control beam is made
of 0 kg/m³ kenaf fibre with full shear reinforcement.
The experimental results suggests that beams with
the inclusion of kenaf fibres demonstrates significant
increase on the load carrying capacity, ductility and
shear strength. Moreover, it was observed that the
mode of failure is altered from shear mode to bending
mode. Furthermore, this study opines that kenaf fibres
are compatible with RC which yields promising results.

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Published

2024-01-01

How to Cite

Azimi, S. J., Kaiwaan, A., & Azimi, S. A. (2024). Structural Behavior of Kenaf Fibre Reinforced Concrete Beams. Eidos, 17(23), 89–95. https://doi.org/10.29019/eidos.v17i23.1238

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 23 (2024): ESPACIO Y TECNOLOGÍA: LA ARQUITECTURA EN EL ENTORNO DIGITAL

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Miscelánea

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