Aplicação de fibras de coco e fibras poliméricas em concreto para pisos intertravados.

Abstract

This study aimed to compile a comparison between the conventional concrete used for the elaboration of interlocked floors and the concrete with the addition of coconut fiber and polymer fiber, thus determining its advantages and disadvantages in civil construction. Coconut is abundant in our region, so its use is encouraged because it is renewable, biodegradable and low cost. It is intended to carry out a data collection through samples and laboratory tests and to analyze the viability of the waste for the civil construction. The importance of the study reflects on the environmental and socioeconomic issue, since the coconut residue that would go to a landfill will be used in another activity, avoiding an overload in the landfill and extending its useful life. In the socioeconomic question, a use of the fibers can generate a new type of activity, both in the raw material collection and in the production of the fiber itself, generating a new source of income and employment.