1st Edition

Vegetable Plants and their Fibres as Building Materials Proceedings of the Second International RILEM Symposium

Edited By H.S. Sobral Copyright 1990
    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    396 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book examines the state-of-the-art on plants and fibres as building materials for low cost construction, emphasizing their use, properties, fabrication, new procedures and future developments. It makes available research results on new techniques for fibre reinforcement and their use in concrete, stabilized clay and other matrices. Procedures for making vegetable fibres and wood-based building materials in developing countries are also analysed.

    Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Introduction and background. Part 2: Survey of present situation in relation to fibres. Part 3: Properties of vegetable fibre composite materials. Part 4: Building components with vegetable fibre composite materials. Part 5: Building components made with wood. Part 6: Building with culms and sticks. Part 7: Recycling of agricultural waste and related topics. Index.

    Biography

    H. S. Sobral