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Acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites

Increasing attention has been paid on the creation of environmental friendly with higher performance type cement composite with a view to conserve energy and protecting environment. In this current work, the development of lightweight cement composites with use of agriculture waste, coir fiber, and...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Zuraida, Purwanto, Hadi, Sarifuddin, Norshahida, R. F. , Faezah, Y. , Farrah
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Language:English
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Published: 2011
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TA170 Environmental engineering
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spelling my.iium.irep.170762012-01-28T14:26:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17076/ Acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites Ahmad, Zuraida Purwanto, Hadi Sarifuddin, Norshahida R. F. , Faezah Y. , Farrah TA170 Environmental engineering Increasing attention has been paid on the creation of environmental friendly with higher performance type cement composite with a view to conserve energy and protecting environment. In this current work, the development of lightweight cement composites with use of agriculture waste, coir fiber, and biopolymer, egg albumen were described. Besides the mechanical and physical properties, work presented herein aim to explore the sound absorption and thermal performance of cement composites. Under optimum conditions, the CFRCC was fabricated via mixing, casting and curing. The fiber volume were substantially varied from 1 to 6 wt. %. The fabricated CFRCC were then subjected to impedance tube and thermal guarded hotplate to evaluate the sound absorption and thermal conductivity, respectively. The sound absorption coefficient (α) was found to increase with an increased in fiber volume and this effect is more prominent with higher sound frequencies. The addition of fiber lowers its thermal conductivity (λ) and it is found to be further reduced as the fiber content is increased. This result showed that CFRCC have potential for absorbing sound, while thermal conductivity is practically have lower thermal conductivity value compare to plain concrete 2011-02 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17076/1/ID_135-_Acoustical_and_Thermal_properties_of_CFRCC_1.ppt application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17076/2/ID_135-_Acoustical_and_Thermal_properties_of_CFRCC_17076.pdf Ahmad, Zuraida and Purwanto, Hadi and Sarifuddin, Norshahida and R. F. , Faezah and Y. , Farrah (2011) Acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2011, 9-10 February 2011, Cultural Activity Centre (CAC) and KAED Gallery IIUM. (Unpublished) http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/11/
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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language English
English
topic TA170 Environmental engineering
spellingShingle TA170 Environmental engineering
Ahmad, Zuraida
Purwanto, Hadi
Sarifuddin, Norshahida
R. F. , Faezah
Y. , Farrah
Acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites
description Increasing attention has been paid on the creation of environmental friendly with higher performance type cement composite with a view to conserve energy and protecting environment. In this current work, the development of lightweight cement composites with use of agriculture waste, coir fiber, and biopolymer, egg albumen were described. Besides the mechanical and physical properties, work presented herein aim to explore the sound absorption and thermal performance of cement composites. Under optimum conditions, the CFRCC was fabricated via mixing, casting and curing. The fiber volume were substantially varied from 1 to 6 wt. %. The fabricated CFRCC were then subjected to impedance tube and thermal guarded hotplate to evaluate the sound absorption and thermal conductivity, respectively. The sound absorption coefficient (α) was found to increase with an increased in fiber volume and this effect is more prominent with higher sound frequencies. The addition of fiber lowers its thermal conductivity (λ) and it is found to be further reduced as the fiber content is increased. This result showed that CFRCC have potential for absorbing sound, while thermal conductivity is practically have lower thermal conductivity value compare to plain concrete
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ahmad, Zuraida
Purwanto, Hadi
Sarifuddin, Norshahida
R. F. , Faezah
Y. , Farrah
author_facet Ahmad, Zuraida
Purwanto, Hadi
Sarifuddin, Norshahida
R. F. , Faezah
Y. , Farrah
author_sort Ahmad, Zuraida
title Acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites
title_short Acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites
title_full Acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites
title_fullStr Acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites
title_full_unstemmed Acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites
title_sort acoustical and thermal properties of lightweight coir fiber reinforced cements composites
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/17076/1/ID_135-_Acoustical_and_Thermal_properties_of_CFRCC_1.ppt
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/17076/
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