Hormigón reforzado con fibras naturales sin tratamiento químico : análisis de fisuración con corriente de aire inducido en placas de hormigón reforzado y fibras de palma africana 0.5% sin tratamiento químico.

Abstract

The incentive and use of an alternative for a more optimal and sustainable development in the field of construction has introduced the option of promoting the recyclability of a crop such as natural fibers. Thus, this document describes an analysis of cracking in concrete slabs, which were made by adding the African palm fiber based on 0.5% by mass of the coarse aggregate, using the fiber in its natural state without alterations. The African palm fiber was donated by the LA FABRIL factory. Which were extracted from the rachis and treated in such a way that they comply with the characteristics determined as specified in the ACI 544.4R-18 standard. Making use of a Theoretical-Experimental methodology, tests were carried out in a hot air chamber which was acquired and developed by students of the National Polytechnic School and from which results were obtained, which were treated in order to understand and analyze, of what In this way, the described fiber influences the cracking produced in the plates and if it is feasible to use it as an alternative to reduce the cracks in the concrete.