Prospects of Coir Fibre as Reinforcement in Termite Mound Clay Bricks
The study is to develop an appropriate environmental friendly building material that would be sourced, obtained locally and used for construction of structures at a low cost by using termite mound soil, reinforced with 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%. and 4% coir fibres. Physical and mechanical tests were conducted...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2016-09-01
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Series: | Acta Technologica Agriculturae |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ata-2016-0013 |