Produção de painéis de cimento Portland reforçados com fibra de curauá (Ananas erectifolius)

Abstract

The present work addresses the performance of the Amazon vegetal fiber curauá (Ananas erectifolius) as applied to the production process of portland cement panels, aimed at the improvement of the physical and mechanical properties of the panels. The methodology of this work was developed from the production of portland cement panels reinforced with curaua fibers, varyng of the amounts and the treatments applied to the vegetal fibers, being conducted tests for the fiber characterization to justify at a later stage the behavior of the latter in the panels. The results obtained from the inhibition test classified the curaua fiber without treatment as of high applied to the curaua fibers influenced positively both the compatibility between cement and the curaua fiber and the cristallinity degree of the curaua fiber. For the panels production the apllied treatments did not influence on mechanical properties.