Research Article
Influence of Length Variation in Bamboo Fiber on Tensile Strength and Compressive Strength of Concrete
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.30-7-2019.2287767, author={R Trimurtiningrum and Faziz Faziz and Lendah Lendah}, title={Influence of Length Variation in Bamboo Fiber on Tensile Strength and Compressive Strength of Concrete}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st Asian Conference on Humanities, Industry, and Technology for Society, ACHITS 2019, 30-31 July 2019, Surabaya, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ACHITS}, year={2019}, month={9}, keywords={fiber concrete bamboo fiber tensile strength compressive strength}, doi={10.4108/eai.30-7-2019.2287767} }- R Trimurtiningrum
Faziz Faziz
Lendah Lendah
Year: 2019
Influence of Length Variation in Bamboo Fiber on Tensile Strength and Compressive Strength of Concrete
ACHITS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.30-7-2019.2287767
Abstract
Concrete is one of the most commonly used building construction materials since concrete has advantages such as high compressive strength, can be molded to any desired shape and easy to find material for a relatively cheap price. However, concrete also has disadvantages such as brittle and has low tensile strength. Tensile strength of concrete is only about 8-10% of its compressive strength. From previous researches, the use of fibers is effective to increase the tensile strength of concrete. Types of fiber that commonly use in concrete mixtures are natural fibers from animals and plants, also artificial fibers such as steel, glass fibers, and synthetic fibers. Natural fiber concrete such as bamboo has low manufacturing cost than the other types of fiber. The aim of this research is to investigate the influence of fiber size in bamboo fiber on tensile strength and compressive strength of concrete. The percentage of bamboo fiber addition in concrete mixtures was 2% with variation of fiber 2 cm, 3 cm and 4 cm in length. The optimum tensile strength and compressive strength of the concrete is obtained from bamboo fiber concrete with 2 cm variation in length, which is 107,41 kg/cm2 and 230,03 kg/cm2 respectively at 28 days.