Experimentación con suelo arcilloso estabilizado con cal y fibras de coco

Abstract

Abstract: Sustainability in the manufacture of different construction materials raises many important questions, today there is a growing demand for such materials to be produced using ecological materials, research around the subject focuses its attention on the experimentation of clay material stabilized with lime and reinforced with coconut vegetable fiber, it was intended to analyze the effect of the addition of coconut fibers to mostly clayey soils in its existing composition in the canton of Santa Ana, on the durability characteristics of the clay paste stabilized with lime and combined with the fiber of the coconut fruit obtained from the Rio Chico site of the Portoviejo canton of the province of Manabí, as well as its application in the elaboration of a prototype as a construction material. From the combination of the materials object of the present investigation, it was analyzed that the addition of lime and natural fibers to the mixture with the mostly clay soil improves the physical properties of durability, water absorption, as well as its ability to resist erosion and exposure to fire.