Comparative Study of Coconut and Corn Fibers as Aggregate in Concrete

Abstract-With the data collected to execute this investigation, it is known that coconut and corn’s residues have not been used correctly in San Pedro Sula, having beneficial components makes them potential materials to utilize in various industries and create positive changes in the creation of products. It is intended to do a comparative study between coconut’s fiber, corn’s fiber, which has been previously treated with lime and paraffin respectively, and the control sample with the goal to determine, through cylinder’s compression, how organic fiber as an addition to concrete can affect its resistance. The data collected will be analyzed to determine the effectiveness of the solution to minimize the waste generated by agro-industrial factories dedicated to processing coconut and corn. Results from the tests show a trend in which cylinders with less fiber percentage have a positive impact on the cylinder’s resistance. The cylinders with 0.5% of coconut fiber will outgrew the control’s resistance by more than 20%; the cylinders with 0.5% corn fiber maintained a resistance close to the control, decreasing just 2.15%. On the other hand, the cylinders with 1.5% coconut fiber decreased the cylinder’s resistance by an average of 20% in comparison to the control sample; the cylinders with 1.5% corn fiber diminished the resistance in and average of 62.84%.