The composites material produced from natural fibers development and commercialization are considered extremely important because these fibers will reduce the material produced with non-renewable resources dependence. Among these fibers, there is the Curauá fiber, its use in composites production improves the ensemble matrice fiber properties, then this article aims to study the composites reinforced with Curauá fibers mechanical properties, especially its bending resistance and toughness. For achieve those objectives, it was produced five mortar groups, one for reference, without the fiber utilization, and another four groups with fiber reinforcement varying the fiber length and its volume fraction. It was noted that Curauá fiber, when added to cement matrice, improves its mechanical properties compared to a composite without the fiber reinforcement, its deflection, bending resistance and toughness are improved.
Mechanical behavior; Natural fibers; Non-conventional material; cement composites; Curauá fibers
