Alkali-resistant glass macrofibers for concrete reinforcement are recently available; reductions in thermal or drying shrinkage cracks and the replacement of conventional welded mesh in some structural elements appear as ...

The addition of fibres to reinforce asphalt mixtures is a prospective field for pavement engineering, where the use of glass or synthetic macrofibers could potentially help not only as reinforcement for new asphalt mixtures, ...

Cracking is a common failure in concrete asphalt mixtures due to fatigue and low temperatures. For centuries fibers have been used to reinforce materials and short and long fibers have extensive use in Portland cement ...

We report on the fabrication of cellulose nanofibers from Fique (Furcraea andina), in which raw macrofibers were chemically treated and then ground. Bleaching was effective in removing lignin from the raw fibers, and this ...

This chapter presents vegetable fibers and their potential for the reinforcement of cementitious materials. Different approaches for improving the processing, physical-mechanical performance and durability of nonconventional ...

Vegetal fibers produced from agroindustrial resources have been used as reinforcement in cementitious materials in the macro, micro and nanometric scales. The cellulosic pulp, besides being used as the reinforcing element, ...