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Dina R M Moawad1, Rania Rushdy Moussa2
1Environmental Sustainable Architecture Department, Faculty of Energy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), Cairo, Egypt. Dina.Rushdy@bue.edu.eg.
Abstract:
The high rates of industrial and agricultural wastes and byproduct production produced several environmental concerns in addition to increasing the risks of contaminating natural resources. The amount of organic waste has been rising over the past few decades, but it has been poorly managed, especially in smaller countries where it is either burned, improperly disposed, or thrown in landfills. Moreover, the production of concrete generates a large amount of waste that has a negative impact on our planet even though it is an extremely significant building material. The potential of developing another plain concrete mixture sample with date palm mesh addition to create more environmentally friendly concrete with better qualities. In addition to using experimental quantitative research to measure the effectiveness of various concrete mixes after adding palm tree residues that underwent biological, chemical, & mechanical treatments, a theoretical qualitative method was also employed in this study to evaluate and identify the ideal mixture design. The prototypes' strength, density, thermal conductivity, slump, and absorption rate were all measured during the experiments. Having a lower heat conductivity and greater strength, the mechanically treated fibers with a 0.6% addition provided the best prototype, according to the research findings.
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