Muhammad Husnain Dodhy
Usman Farooqi
Majid Ali
Abstract
This paper reviews the utilization of the natural fibers and the benefits acquired, following their use as construction materials, to achieve sustainable infrastructure. The concrete being most widely used construction material in the infrastructure industry is brittle in nature causing fatigue and failure cracks without showing the plastic deformation. The addition of fibers however, increases the ductility of the concrete and hence, reduce the failures and cracks. The addition of artificial fibers such as steel and glass fibers to the construction materials have produced successive outcome to transition the nature of concrete to ductility, but they compromise the economy significantly. Consequently, the addition of the natural fibers concludes their use as construction materials for an economic, ecological and sustainable infrastructure. The research on the use of natural fibers as construction materials is necessary to investigate their significance in the construction industry to enhance the sustainability.
Keywords
Production, properties, utilization, significance, economic, ecological and sustainable, composites, matrices, sustainability.
