PERFORMANCE OF NATURAL POZZOLAN-BASED GEOPOLYMER REINFORCED WITH BANANA FIBERS


Ekiz Barış K., Tanaçan L.

JOURNAL OF GREEN BUILDING, cilt.19, sa.1, ss.51-76, 2024 (AHCI)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3992/jgb.19.1.51
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF GREEN BUILDING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.51-76
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Türkiye has approximately 50.000 acres of banana plantations. Banana cultiva- tion produces a huge amount of waste that has no commercial value. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the possibilities of using waste banana fiber in natural pozzolan-based geopolymer mortar to increase its ductile fracture behavior. The effects of fiber content and length on physical and mechanical properties were experimentally carried out. The optimum banana fiber content and length were found to be 1.5% and 20 mm, respectively. Above this limit, fibers made it difficult to obtain a workable matrix and generated fiber agglomeration. Although increasing the fiber content from 0.5% to 1.5% and length above 20 mm led to a decrease in the ultrasound pulse velocity, modulus of elasticity and compressive strength due to the higher porosity of the matrix, the increasing ratios of the flexural strength and toughness were consistent. Furthermore, banana fiber-reinforced geopolymer mortars have adequate porosity (22.87%), water absorption ratio (9.25%), swelling thickness (0.58%), saturation coefficient (78%), drying shrinkage (195x10–6), water vapor diffusion resistance index (5.73), flexural strength (6.88 MPa), compressive strength (8.75 MPa), and comply with the performance requirements of the related standards. By considering the adequate physical, mechanical and ductile fracture performance of the material, waste banana fiber can be utilized in the production of geopolymers.