Water Sensitivity of Hemp-Foam Concrete

Abstract:

The necessity to build energy-efficient and low environmental impact buildings favors the development of biobased light-weight materials as hemp-foam concretes. In this context, experimental protocols were developed to study the effects of hemp shiv and the production methods on the water sensitivity of bio-based foamed concrete (BBFC). Foam concrete incorporates several materials and compounds: cement, protein-based foaming agent, ground granulated blast–furnace slag, metakaolin as a binder, and hemp shiv as bio-based aggregates. The study investigated first the effect of the incorporation of hemp shiv (from 0 to 15 vol%) and then the elaboration method, comparing direct method versus preformed method on the resulting physical properties, the isotherms sorption-desorption and the capillary water absorption of hemp-foam concretes. We observe an increasing porosity of the concrete with hemp shives content. Additionally, hemp shives increase the adsorption and the capillary absorption of water. Moreover, the preformed method produces concretes more sensitive to water than the direct methods since it increases its porosities.

• Periodical: Construction Technologies and Architecture (Volume 1)
• Pages: 135-145
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/CTA.1.135
• Online since: January 2022
• Authors: Abdelrahman Mohamad*, Fouzia Khadraoui, Nassim Sebaibi, Mohamed Boutouil, Daniel Chateigner
• Keywords: Foam Concrete, Foaming Method, Isotherms Sorption-Desorption, Vegetable Aggregates, Water Sensitivity

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