A review of utilization of coconut shell and coconut fiber in road construction

• Main Authors: Tay, Lay Ting, Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah, Abdul Hassan, Norhidayah, Yaacob, Haryati, Jayanti, Dewi Sri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56234/1/RamadhansyahPutraJaya2015_AReviewofUtilizationofCoconutShellandCoconutFiberinRoadConstruction.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56234/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v76.5851
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper provides a review of utilization coconut shell and coconut fiber in road construction. Coconut shell and coconut fiber are new waste materials used in highway industry. Some studies showed that coconut fiber can increase the stability, skid resistance and resilient modulus while coconut s...