Mechanical properties of concrete produced from waste oil palm shell (OPS) coated with PolyVinyl Alcohol (PVA) as aggregates

• Main Authors: Chai, WWS, Teo, DCL, Ng, CK
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: Engineers Australia 2013
• Subjects: TH Building construction; TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1595/; http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=795928555814486;res=IELENG

Oil palm shell (OPS) is a by-product generated from the palm oil industry. Although OPS can be reused as burning material and raw material for road filling in palm mills, most of these OPS are normally being dumped as waste which causes environmental degradation. Consequently, studies on the use of...