Design considerations for eco-friendly palm-strand reinforced concrete for low-cost housing

Emmanuel Owoichoechi Momoh; Israel Osofero; Oleksandr Menshykov

doi:10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e02929

Design considerations for eco-friendly palm-strand reinforced concrete for low-cost housing

Emmanuel Owoichoechi Momoh^* (Corresponding Author), Israel Osofero, Oleksandr Menshykov

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University of Exeter

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Abstract

Recent campaigns towards reducing the housing deficits and enhancing environmental sustainability in developing countries have led to increasing research towards incorporating abundant natural materials into housing construction. One of such materials is oil palm broom fibres (OPBF) which began to attract research attention only recently for having the potential of being used as longitudinal reinforcement for concrete beams when combined as strands. This study attempts to provide some practical considerations and provide guidance for the design of OPBF-strand reinforced concrete using the flexural behaviour curves of 100 ×100 x 500 mm palm strand – reinforced prisms obtained from experimental investigation and parametric studies using finite element modelling. The study recommends the use of allowable stress design methodology for OPBF-strand reinforced concrete. A comparison of the carbon footprint between the OPBF- strand reinforced concrete beam and an equivalent steel reinforced concrete beam shows that the former could provide a cheaper and eco-friendlier building material.

Original language	English
Article number	e02929
Number of pages	39
Journal	Case Studies in Construction Materials
Volume	20
Early online date	9 Feb 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e02929
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 9 Feb 2024

Bibliographical note

This research was sponsored by the overseas PhD scholarship scheme of the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). The authors also wish to thank the University of Exeter for providing the open access fund to cover the publication cost of this research.

Data Availability Statement

Data will be made available on request.

Keywords

Carbon footprint
Concrete
Concrete Damage Plasticity
Developing countries
Finite element modelling
Housing
Palm fibres

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Design considerations for eco-friendly palm-strand reinforced concrete for low-cost housing

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