ABSTRACT
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
part |2 pages
Part 1 Introduction and Background
part |2 pages
Part 2 Survey of Present situation in relation to fibres
part |2 pages
Part 3 Properties of vegetable fibre composite materials
part |2 pages
Part 4 Building components with vegetable fibre composite materials
part |2 pages
Part 5 Building components made with wood
part |2 pages
Part 6 Building with culms and sticks
part |2 pages
Part 7 Recycling of agricultural waste and related topics