Performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams
Synthetic plastics are typically discarded, thus causing environmental pollution. Plastic wastes are recycled as fiber in concrete to solve this problem. In this study, synthetic fibers in a concrete matrix were investigated through compressive strength, splitting tensile, fracture energy, and flexu...
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| author | Sheikh Khalid, Faisal Juki, Mohd Irwan Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman Othman, Norzila Shahidan, Shahiron |
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| description | Synthetic plastics are typically discarded, thus causing environmental pollution. Plastic wastes are recycled as fiber in concrete to solve this problem. In this study, synthetic fibers in a concrete matrix were investigated through compressive strength, splitting tensile, fracture energy, and flexural beam tests. The results show that an increase in fiber content improves the tensile strength of the concrete matrix. A high fiber content results in a substantial amount of fibers crossing a fractured section, thereby activating failure resistance mechanisms. Ring-shaped fibers, which are mainly designed to activate fiber yielding instead of fiber pullout, are better than irregularly shaped polyethylene terephthalate and waste wire fibers. Incorporating plastic fibers into concrete does not significantly change the failure mode of reinforced concrete beams compared to that of normal concrete beams. However, the first crack load presented improved results. The reinforced concrete containing ring-shaped plastic fibers with a width of 10 mm (RPET-10) exhibited remarkable results during the first crack load with an increment of 32.3%. It can be concluded that ring-shaped PET waste produces fiber concrete with a performance comparable to that of commercial synthetic fibers. |
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| spelling | uthm-43082021-12-02T03:04:34Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4308/ Performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams Sheikh Khalid, Faisal Juki, Mohd Irwan Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman Othman, Norzila Shahidan, Shahiron TD783-812.5 Municipal refuse. Solid wastes TH1000-1725 Systems of building construction. Including fireproof construction, concrete construction Synthetic plastics are typically discarded, thus causing environmental pollution. Plastic wastes are recycled as fiber in concrete to solve this problem. In this study, synthetic fibers in a concrete matrix were investigated through compressive strength, splitting tensile, fracture energy, and flexural beam tests. The results show that an increase in fiber content improves the tensile strength of the concrete matrix. A high fiber content results in a substantial amount of fibers crossing a fractured section, thereby activating failure resistance mechanisms. Ring-shaped fibers, which are mainly designed to activate fiber yielding instead of fiber pullout, are better than irregularly shaped polyethylene terephthalate and waste wire fibers. Incorporating plastic fibers into concrete does not significantly change the failure mode of reinforced concrete beams compared to that of normal concrete beams. However, the first crack load presented improved results. The reinforced concrete containing ring-shaped plastic fibers with a width of 10 mm (RPET-10) exhibited remarkable results during the first crack load with an increment of 32.3%. It can be concluded that ring-shaped PET waste produces fiber concrete with a performance comparable to that of commercial synthetic fibers. ElSEVIER 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4308/1/AJ%202018%20%28420%29.pdf Sheikh Khalid, Faisal and Juki, Mohd Irwan and Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman and Othman, Norzila and Shahidan, Shahiron (2018) Performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams. Construction and Building Materials, 183. pp. 451-464. ISSN 0950-0618 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.06.122 |
| spellingShingle | TD783-812.5 Municipal refuse. Solid wastes TH1000-1725 Systems of building construction. Including fireproof construction, concrete construction Sheikh Khalid, Faisal Juki, Mohd Irwan Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman Othman, Norzila Shahidan, Shahiron Performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams |
| title | Performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams |
| title_full | Performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams |
| title_fullStr | Performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams |
| title_short | Performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams |
| title_sort | performance of plastic wastes in fiber-reinforced concrete beams |
| topic | TD783-812.5 Municipal refuse. Solid wastes TH1000-1725 Systems of building construction. Including fireproof construction, concrete construction |
| url | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4308/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4308/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4308/1/AJ%202018%20%28420%29.pdf |