Gu Mingli, Ahmad Waqas, Alaboud Turki M, Zia Asad, Akmal Usman, Awad Youssef Ahmed, Alabduljabbar Hisham
Inner Mongolia Vocational and Technical College of Communications, Chifeng 024005, China.
Department of Civil Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan.
Materials (Basel). 2022 Aug 16;15(16):5639. doi: 10.3390/ma15165639.
Biodegradable materials are appropriate for the environment and are gaining immense attention worldwide. The mechanical properties (such as elongation at break, density, and failure strain) of some natural fibers (such as Coir, Hemp, Jute, Ramie, and Sisal) are comparable with those of some synthetic fibers (such as E glass, aramid, or Kevlar). However, the toughness of coconut fibers is comparatively more than other natural fibers. Numerous studies suggest coconut fibers perform better to improve the concrete mechanical properties. However, the knowledge is dispersed, making it difficult for anyone to evaluate the compatibility of coconut fibers in concrete. This study aims to perform a scientometric review of coconut fiber applications in cementitious concrete to discover the various aspects of the literature. The typical conventional review studies are somehow limited in terms of their capacity for linking different literature elements entirely and precisely. Science mapping, co-occurrence, and co-citation are among a few primary challenging points in research at advanced levels. The highly innovative authors/researchers famous for citations, the sources having the highest number of articles, domains that are actively involved, and co-occurrences of keywords in the research on coconut-fiber-reinforced cementitious concrete are explored during the analysis. The bibliometric database with 235 published research studies, which are taken from the Scopus dataset, are analyzed using the VOSviewer application. This research will assist researchers in the development of joint ventures in addition to sharing novel approaches and ideas with the help of a statistical and graphical description of researchers and countries/regions that are contributing. In addition, the applicability of coconut fiber in concrete is explored for mechanical properties considering the literature, and this will benefit new researchers for its use in concrete.
可生物降解材料对环境友好，在全球范围内受到广泛关注。一些天然纤维（如椰壳纤维、大麻、黄麻、苎麻和剑麻）的机械性能（如断裂伸长率、密度和破坏应变）与一些合成纤维（如E玻璃纤维、芳纶或凯夫拉纤维）相当。然而，椰壳纤维的韧性相对高于其他天然纤维。众多研究表明，椰壳纤维在改善混凝土机械性能方面表现更佳。然而，相关知识较为分散，使得任何人都难以评估椰壳纤维在混凝土中的兼容性。本研究旨在对椰壳纤维在水泥基混凝土中的应用进行科学计量学综述，以发现文献的各个方面。典型的传统综述研究在完全精确地关联不同文献元素的能力方面存在一定局限性。科学图谱、共现和共被引是高级研究中的一些主要挑战点。在分析过程中，探索了在椰壳纤维增强水泥基混凝土研究中以被引次数闻名的极具创新性的作者/研究人员、发表文章数量最多的来源、积极参与的领域以及关键词的共现情况。使用VOSviewer应用程序对从Scopus数据集中获取的235篇已发表研究的文献计量数据库进行分析。这项研究将有助于研究人员开展合资企业，此外，通过对有贡献的研究人员和国家/地区进行统计和图形描述，分享新颖的方法和思路。此外，考虑到文献，还探讨了椰壳纤维在混凝土中用于机械性能方面的适用性，这将有利于新研究人员在混凝土中使用椰壳纤维。
