EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF CLAY-CEMENT BLOCKS REINFORCED WITH COCONUT FIBERS

  • CONAND HONORÉ KOUAKOU
    Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, UFR-STRM, Laboratory Geomaterials and Habitat Technologies, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Cote d'Ivoire
    honore_kouakou2@yahoo.fr
  • MORO OLIVIER BOFFOUE
    Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, UFR-STRM, Laboratory Geomaterials and Habitat Technologies, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Cote d'Ivoire
  • ANGE CHRISTINE DJOHORE
    Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, UFR-STRM, Laboratory Geomaterials and Habitat Technologies, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Cote d'Ivoire
  • KOFFI CLÉMENT KOUADIO
    Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, UFR-STRM, Laboratory Geomaterials and Habitat Technologies, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Cote d'Ivoire
  • EDJIKÉMÉ EMERUWA
    Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, UFR-STRM, Laboratory Geomaterials and Habitat Technologies, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Cote d'Ivoire

Abstract

This article aims for analyzing under an axial stress, the behavior of earth blocks reinforced by various proportions of coconut fibers. For this fact, compressive and flexural tests were carried out after 28 days of maturation, on dry blocks elaborate with clay stabilized at 8% of cement and containing 0 to 1% of fibers 30 mm length. The experimental results show that the incorporation of fibers in the blocks improves their mechanical characteristics, increases their ductile deformation and delays their cracking. The best mechanical resistances are obtained at 0.8% of fibers because at this content, the distance between fibers is optimal.

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blocks coconut fibersc ductilityc brittle fracture distance between fibers