Email this article 
Open Access
Subscription or Fee Access
Effect of Adding Various Fibers on Some Properties of Gypsum
(*) Corresponding author
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15866/irece.v11i4.17712
Abstract
Due to the availability, high tensile strength, cheapness, recyclability, and eco-friendly characteristics of the plant fibers, there is an interest nowadays for using them in the construction materials in order to improve the weak properties of several construction products and works. In this study, two types of plant fibers (sisal and hemp) have been added to pure gypsum in order to study their effects on some gypsum properties. Different volumetric percentages (0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2 %) of each fiber type have been added to gypsum in order to produce several mixes. Moreover, silica fume has been added alone to gypsum with percentages of 1, 1.5, 3, 5 % by weight of gypsum, and it has been added to the mixes with the sisal fibers in order to study their common effect. A 5 cm cube specimen and prisms with dimensions of 5×5×30 cm have been used for testing the compressive strength and modulus of rupture respectively and for various curing periods of (2, 7, 30, 90) days. The results show that the addition of hemp and sisal fibers with percentages of no more than 0.3% for hemp and 0.6% for sisal can improve the compressive strength and the modulus of rupture of gypsum products.
Copyright © 2020 Praise Worthy Prize - All rights reserved.
Keywords
References
E.T. Dawood, and A.M. Mezal, The Properties of Fiber Reinforced Gypsum Plaster, Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, Vol. 3(No. 10): 1339-1347, 2014.
https://doi.org/10.9734/jsrr/2014/7356
C. Zhu, J. Zhang, J. Peng, W. Cao, and J. Liu, Physical and Mechanical properties of Gypsum-Based Composites Reinforced with PVA and PP Fibers, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 163: 695–705, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.168
A.D. Mohammed, H. Ammash, and K. Hameed, Improvement of Ordinary and Pure Gypsum Properties by Using Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA), International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, Vol. 9(No. 9):323–334, 2018.
F. Hernández-Olivares, I. Oteiza, and L. de Villanueva, Experimental Analysis of Toughness and Modulus of Rupture Increase of Sisal Short Fiber Reinforced Hemihydrated Gypsum, Composite Structures, Vol. 22:123-137, 1992.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0263-8223(92)90001-s
M. Sophia, N. Sakthieswaran, and O. Ganesh Babu, Gypsum as a Construction Material- A Review of Recent Developments, International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology, Vol. 2(No. 12):315-323, 2016.
M.A. Ali, and F.J. Grimer, Mechanical Properties of Glass Fibre- Reinforced Gypsum, Journal of Materials science, Vol. 4:389-395, 1969.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00549703
N. Kondratieva, M. Barre, F. Goutenoire, and M. Sanytsky, Study of Modified Gypsum Binder, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 149:535-542, 2017.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.05.140
M. Murat, and A. Attari, Modification of Some Physical Properties of Gypsum Plaster by Addition of Clay Minerals., Cement and concrete Research, Vol. 21:378-387, 1991.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0008-8846(91)90019-e
R.C. Joshi, J. O. Thomas, and R.B. Adam, Properties of Gypsum Wallboards Containing Fly Ash, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 4(No. 2):212-225, 1992.
https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0899-1561(1992)4:2(212)
R. Magallanes-Rivera, C. Juarez-Alvarado, P. Valdez, and J. Mendoza-Rangel, Modified Gypsum Compounds: An Ecological–Economical Choice to Improve Traditional Plasters, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 37:591-596, 2012.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.07.054
M. Arikana, and K. Sobolev, The Optimization of a Gypsum-Based Composite Material, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 32:1725-1728, 2002.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0008-8846(02)00858-x
H.C. Wu, Y.M. Xian, X.Y. Hu, and X. Liu, Improvement on Mechanical Strength and Water Absorption of Gypsum Modeling Material with Synthetic Polymers, Ceramics International, Vol. 40:14899-14906, 2014.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.06.085
P.P. Zhou, H.C. Wu, and Y.M. Xia, Influence of Synthetic Polymers on the Mechanical Properties of Hardened β-Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate plasters, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 33:355-361, 2016.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2015.10.024
M.F. Ghazy, and M.A. Abd-Elaty, Properties of gypsum construction material modified with rice straw, Sixth International Conference on Nano-Technology in Construction, Vol. 6, pp. 1-18, Cairo, Egypt, 2014.
A. Khalil, A. Tawfik, A. Hegazy, and M. El-Shahat, Effect of Some Waste Additives on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Gypsum Plaster Composites, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 68:580-586, 2014.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.06.081
A. Serna, M. del Río, J.G. Palomo, and M. González, Improvement of Gypsum Plaster Strain Capacity by the Addition of Rubber Particles from Recycled Tyres, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 35:633-641, 2012.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.04.093
F. Abd Kati, I.N. Yassin, and W. Abdul Razak, Effect of Adding some Additives and Drying Method on Compressive Strength of Gypsum Products, Tikrit Journal for Dental Sciences, Vol. 5:25-32, 2017.
M. Singh, and M. Garg, Glass Fibre Reinforced Water-Resistant Gypsum-Based Composites, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 14:23-32, 1992.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0958-9465(92)90036-u
Hasan, Z., Nasr, M., Abed, M., Combined Effect of Silica Fume, and Glass and Ceramic Waste on Properties of High Strength Mortar Reinforced with Hybrid Fibers, (2019) International Review of Civil Engineering (IRECE), 10 (5), pp. 267-273.
https://doi.org/10.15866/irece.v10i5.16960
Sudhikumar, G., Prakash, K., Seshagiri Rao, M., Effect of Replacement of Cement by Different Pozzolonas on the Strength Characteristics of Slurry Infiltrated Fibrous Ferrocement, (2017) International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Hazard Mitigation (IREHM), 5 (3), pp. 84-91.
Al-Quraishi, H., Hamood, M., Sahmi, N., A New Shear Strength Model for UHPC Corbel, (2018) International Review of Civil Engineering (IRECE), 9 (4), pp. 168-173.
https://doi.org/10.15866/irece.v9i4.14868
Ahmed, A., Ali, M., Abbas, A., Recycling of Disposal Syringe Needles to Produce Fiber Reinforced Concrete, (2018) International Review of Civil Engineering (IRECE), 9 (4), pp. 148-153.
https://doi.org/10.15866/irece.v9i4.15275
A.M. ALmusawi, T.S. Hussein, and M.A. Shallal, Effect of Temperature and Sisal Fiber Content on the Properties of Plaster of Paris, International Journal of Engineering & Technology, Vol. 7:205-208, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.20.25927
Formisano, A., Galzerano, B., Durante, M., Marino, O., Liguori, B., Mechanical Response of Short Fiber Reinforced Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Composites, (2018) International Review of Mechanical Engineering (IREME), 12 (6), pp. 485-491.
https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v12i6.14826
F. Iucolano, B. Liguori, P. Aprea, and D. Caputo, Evaluation of Bio-degummed Hemp Fibers as Reinforcement in Gypsum Plaster, Composites Part B, Vol. 138:149-156, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.11.037
F. Iucolano, B. Liguori, P. Aprea and D. Caputo, Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Hemp Fibers-Reinforced Gypsum Plasters, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 185:256-263, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.07.036
IQS NO. 28, Iraqi Standard Specification Building Material of Gypsum (Ministry of Planning, 1988).
S. Kosmatka, B. Kerkhoff, W. Panarese, Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures (Portland Cement Association, 2008).
Z. Raouf, N. Mahdy, and H. Al-Obaidi, Improving the Properties of Gypsum by Using Additives, Journal of University of Baghdad, Vol. 18(No. 1):1-18, 2012.
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
Please send any question about this web site to info@praiseworthyprize.com
Copyright © 2005-2024 Praise Worthy Prize
