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Research Article

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research

Study on the eff ect of water-cement ratio on the workability of reed fiber foam concrete

  • Wang Xianpeng
  • Yu Haoxuan
  • Kalinovskaya N.N.
  • Kovshar S.N.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.65231/ijmr.v1i1.30
Submitted
October 29, 2025
Published
2025-10-30

Abstract

 The results of using reed fiber as a fibrous filler for foam concrete are presented. Thus, the workability of a concrete mixture decreases as the amount of fiber increases from 0 to 2%. In the range of fiber content from 2 to 4%, workability increases slightly, after which (at a fiber dosage of 4 to 6%) it decreases again. The maximum compressive and flexural strengths are achieved by adding 3% reed fiber and are 27.96 and 2.16 MPa, respectively. The optimal dosage of reed fiber is 2…3%. Thus, reed fiber is an effective fibrous filler for foam concrete.

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