Vegetable plants and their fibres as building materials : proceedings of the second international symposium

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Vegetable plants and their fibres as building materials : proceedings of the second international symposium

sponsored by RILEM (the International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Materials and Structures) and co-sponsored by CIB (International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation) and organized by UFBA (Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, September 17-21, 1990 ; edited by H.S. Sobral

Chapman and Hall , Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990

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Papers presented at the Second International Symposium on Vegetable Plants and Their Fibres as Building Materials

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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.

Table of Contents

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.

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