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Lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates.

Much effort is being made to increase palm oil production in view of its economic importance,at the same time technologists are concerned with efficient utilization of the milling by-products e.g.,sludge,kernels,fibres and shells. Though the palm oil shell produced is mainly used as fuel for the boi...

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Main Authors: Abdus Salam, S.K., Abang Ali , Abang Abdullah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 1985
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19912/1/ID%2019912.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.199122014-03-11T03:24:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19912/ Lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates. Abdus Salam, S.K. Abang Ali , Abang Abdullah Much effort is being made to increase palm oil production in view of its economic importance,at the same time technologists are concerned with efficient utilization of the milling by-products e.g.,sludge,kernels,fibres and shells. Though the palm oil shell produced is mainly used as fuel for the boiler,occasionally it is used for paving farm roads or sold commercially. The shell is hard and does not easily suffer deterioration. Since its density is only 550 to 650kg/cu.m it can be profitably used as a substitute for gravel in making concrete and the resulting concrete will be lightweight in nature and at the same time structurally sound. The dead load of a structure can be a high proportion of the total load. Therefore the reduction in weight of the structure by using lightweight concrete may result in lighter sections and reduction in the cost of foundations achieving the final economy of the total structure. Lightweight concretes have better insulation properties and a reduction in the cost of heating or cooling is possible. The present study has been concentrated on the development of lightweight concrete using palm oil shell as the coarse aggregate replacing the gravel aggregate in the normal concrete making for rural housing. 1985 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19912/1/ID%2019912.pdf Abdus Salam, S.K. and Abang Ali , Abang Abdullah (1985) Lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates. In: National Symposium on Oil Palm By Products for Agro-Based Industries, 5 - 6 Nov. 1985, Kuala Lumpur. . English
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description Much effort is being made to increase palm oil production in view of its economic importance,at the same time technologists are concerned with efficient utilization of the milling by-products e.g.,sludge,kernels,fibres and shells. Though the palm oil shell produced is mainly used as fuel for the boiler,occasionally it is used for paving farm roads or sold commercially. The shell is hard and does not easily suffer deterioration. Since its density is only 550 to 650kg/cu.m it can be profitably used as a substitute for gravel in making concrete and the resulting concrete will be lightweight in nature and at the same time structurally sound. The dead load of a structure can be a high proportion of the total load. Therefore the reduction in weight of the structure by using lightweight concrete may result in lighter sections and reduction in the cost of foundations achieving the final economy of the total structure. Lightweight concretes have better insulation properties and a reduction in the cost of heating or cooling is possible. The present study has been concentrated on the development of lightweight concrete using palm oil shell as the coarse aggregate replacing the gravel aggregate in the normal concrete making for rural housing.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abdus Salam, S.K.
Abang Ali , Abang Abdullah
spellingShingle Abdus Salam, S.K.
Abang Ali , Abang Abdullah
Lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates.
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Abang Ali , Abang Abdullah
author_sort Abdus Salam, S.K.
title Lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates.
title_short Lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates.
title_full Lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates.
title_fullStr Lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates.
title_full_unstemmed Lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates.
title_sort lightweight concrete using oil palm shells as aggregates.
publishDate 1985
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19912/1/ID%2019912.pdf
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