The mechanical properties of PET fiber reinforced concrete from recycled bottle wastes
This research is carried out to investigate the performance of concrete containing Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle waste as fiber. PET bottle waste was chosen because it is being thrown after single use and cause environmental problem. One way to recycle wasted PET bottles is grinded into ir...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4412/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4412/1/the_mechanical_properties_of_PET.pdf |
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| Summary: | This research is carried out to investigate the performance of concrete containing
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle waste as fiber. PET bottle waste was chosen because it is
being thrown after single use and cause environmental problem. One way to recycle wasted PET
bottles is grinded into irregular fiber. Then, it was incorporate with the concrete and test the
performance of the concrete. The study was conducted using cylindrical mold of concrete to
investigate the performance of the concrete in term of mechanical properties. A total of four batches
of concrete were produced namely, normal concrete and concrete containing PET fiber of 0.5%,
1.0% and 1.5% fraction volume. In this research, the mechanical properties that were measured are
compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and modulus of elasticity (MOE) following British
Standard method. The results revealed that the presence of PET fiber in concrete will increase the
concrete performance. Nevertheless, the content of PET fiber was specified in a specific limit to
avoid effect of concrete strength. |
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