Natural fiber nonwoven reinforced cement composites as sustainable materials for building envelopes

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 115, Issue , 2016, Pages 230-239

  Claramunt, Josep ^a   Fernández Carrasco, Lucía J ^a   Ventura, Heura ^a   Ardanuy, Mònica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Cement composites; Durability; Mechanical performance; Natural fibers

Indexed keywords

BENDING TESTS; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CEMENTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; NATURAL FIBERS; NONWOVEN FABRICS; PORTLAND CEMENT; REINFORCEMENT; SILICA FUME; SOLAR BUILDINGS; WATER ABSORPTION; WEAVING;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; CEMENT COMPOSITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FOUR-POINT BENDING TEST; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; REINFORCED CEMENT COMPOSITES; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS;

DURABILITY;

COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; PORTLAND CEMENT; REINFORCED CONCRETE; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84963930720     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.04.044     Document Type: Article

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