Acoustic Behavior of Hollow Blocks and Bricks Made of Concrete Doped with Waste-Tire Rubber
In this paper, we investigate the acoustic behaviour of building elements made of concrete doped with waste-tire rubber. Three different mixtures were created, with 0%, 10%, and 20% rubber in their composition. Bricks, lattice joists, and hollow blocks were manufactured with each mixture, and three...
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| author | Esteban Fraile-Garcia Javier Ferreiro-Cabello Beatriz Defez Guillermo Peris-Fajanes |
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| description | In this paper, we investigate the acoustic behaviour of building elements made of concrete doped with waste-tire rubber. Three different mixtures were created, with 0%, 10%, and 20% rubber in their composition. Bricks, lattice joists, and hollow blocks were manufactured with each mixture, and three different cells were built and tested against aerial and impact noise. The values of the global acoustic isolation and the reduction of the sound pressure level of impacts were measured. Results proved that highly doped elements are an excellent option to isolate low frequency sounds, whereas intermediate and standard elements constitute a most interesting option to block middle and high frequency sounds. In both cases, the considerable amount of waste-tire rubber recycled could justify the employment of the doped materials for the sake of the environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7165f7ee51e440e2b3117db7477a571c2022-12-22T03:11:15ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442016-11-0191296210.3390/ma9120962ma9120962Acoustic Behavior of Hollow Blocks and Bricks Made of Concrete Doped with Waste-Tire RubberEsteban Fraile-Garcia0Javier Ferreiro-Cabello1Beatriz Defez2Guillermo Peris-Fajanes3Engineering Data Mining And Numerical Simulations (EDMANS) Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, La Rioja, SpainEngineering Data Mining And Numerical Simulations (EDMANS) Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, La Rioja, SpainCentro de Investigación en Tecnologías Gráficas, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, SpainCentro de Investigación en Tecnologías Gráficas, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, SpainIn this paper, we investigate the acoustic behaviour of building elements made of concrete doped with waste-tire rubber. Three different mixtures were created, with 0%, 10%, and 20% rubber in their composition. Bricks, lattice joists, and hollow blocks were manufactured with each mixture, and three different cells were built and tested against aerial and impact noise. The values of the global acoustic isolation and the reduction of the sound pressure level of impacts were measured. Results proved that highly doped elements are an excellent option to isolate low frequency sounds, whereas intermediate and standard elements constitute a most interesting option to block middle and high frequency sounds. In both cases, the considerable amount of waste-tire rubber recycled could justify the employment of the doped materials for the sake of the environment.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/12/962acoustic behaviourbuilding elementswaste-tire rubberdoped concreteused tirescircular economy |
| spellingShingle | Esteban Fraile-Garcia Javier Ferreiro-Cabello Beatriz Defez Guillermo Peris-Fajanes Acoustic Behavior of Hollow Blocks and Bricks Made of Concrete Doped with Waste-Tire Rubber Materials acoustic behaviour building elements waste-tire rubber doped concrete used tires circular economy |
| title | Acoustic Behavior of Hollow Blocks and Bricks Made of Concrete Doped with Waste-Tire Rubber |
| title_full | Acoustic Behavior of Hollow Blocks and Bricks Made of Concrete Doped with Waste-Tire Rubber |
| title_fullStr | Acoustic Behavior of Hollow Blocks and Bricks Made of Concrete Doped with Waste-Tire Rubber |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acoustic Behavior of Hollow Blocks and Bricks Made of Concrete Doped with Waste-Tire Rubber |
| title_short | Acoustic Behavior of Hollow Blocks and Bricks Made of Concrete Doped with Waste-Tire Rubber |
| title_sort | acoustic behavior of hollow blocks and bricks made of concrete doped with waste tire rubber |
| topic | acoustic behaviour building elements waste-tire rubber doped concrete used tires circular economy |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/12/962 |
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