A Step towards Sustainable Concrete with Substitution of Plastic Waste in Concrete: Overview on Mechanical, Durability and Microstructure Analysis
Plastics have become an essential part of our daily lives, and global plastic production has increased dramatically in the past 50 years. This has significantly increased the amount of plastic garbage produced. Researchers have recently been interested in using trash and recyclable plastics in concr...
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| author | Jawad Ahmad Ali Majdi Ahmed Babeker Elhag Ahmed Farouk Deifalla Mahfooz Soomro Haytham F. Isleem Shaker Qaidi |
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| description | Plastics have become an essential part of our daily lives, and global plastic production has increased dramatically in the past 50 years. This has significantly increased the amount of plastic garbage produced. Researchers have recently been interested in using trash and recyclable plastics in concrete as an ecologically acceptable building material. A large number of publications have been published that describe the behavior of concrete, containing waste and recovered plastic com ponents. However, information is scattered, and no one knows how plastic trash behaves as concrete materials. This research examines the use of plastic waste (PW) as aggregate or fiber in cement mortar and concrete manufacturing. The article reviewed the three most significant features of concrete: fresh properties, mechanical strength, and durability. PW and cement connections were also studied using microstructure analysis (scan electronic microscopy). The results showed that PW, as a fiber, enhanced mechanical performance, but PW, as a coarse aggregate, impaired concrete performance owing to poor bonding. The assessment also identified research needs in order to enhance the performance of PW-based concrete in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba9ae5788d3143088c219a62252533492023-12-03T14:52:25ZengMDPI AGCrystals2073-43522022-07-0112794410.3390/cryst12070944A Step towards Sustainable Concrete with Substitution of Plastic Waste in Concrete: Overview on Mechanical, Durability and Microstructure AnalysisJawad Ahmad0Ali Majdi1Ahmed Babeker Elhag2Ahmed Farouk Deifalla3Mahfooz Soomro4Haytham F. Isleem5Shaker Qaidi6Department of Civil Engineering, Military College of Engineering, Risalpur, Sub Campus of National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, PakistanDepartment of Building and Construction Technologies and Engineering, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Hillah 51001, IraqDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi ArabiaStructural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo 11845, EgyptCentre for Infrastructure Engineering, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, AustraliaDepartment of Construction Management, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655011, ChinaDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of Duhok, Duhok 42001, IraqPlastics have become an essential part of our daily lives, and global plastic production has increased dramatically in the past 50 years. This has significantly increased the amount of plastic garbage produced. Researchers have recently been interested in using trash and recyclable plastics in concrete as an ecologically acceptable building material. A large number of publications have been published that describe the behavior of concrete, containing waste and recovered plastic com ponents. However, information is scattered, and no one knows how plastic trash behaves as concrete materials. This research examines the use of plastic waste (PW) as aggregate or fiber in cement mortar and concrete manufacturing. The article reviewed the three most significant features of concrete: fresh properties, mechanical strength, and durability. PW and cement connections were also studied using microstructure analysis (scan electronic microscopy). The results showed that PW, as a fiber, enhanced mechanical performance, but PW, as a coarse aggregate, impaired concrete performance owing to poor bonding. The assessment also identified research needs in order to enhance the performance of PW-based concrete in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/12/7/944plastic wastesustainable concretemechanical strengthdurability and microstructure analysis |
| spellingShingle | Jawad Ahmad Ali Majdi Ahmed Babeker Elhag Ahmed Farouk Deifalla Mahfooz Soomro Haytham F. Isleem Shaker Qaidi A Step towards Sustainable Concrete with Substitution of Plastic Waste in Concrete: Overview on Mechanical, Durability and Microstructure Analysis Crystals plastic waste sustainable concrete mechanical strength durability and microstructure analysis |
| title | A Step towards Sustainable Concrete with Substitution of Plastic Waste in Concrete: Overview on Mechanical, Durability and Microstructure Analysis |
| title_full | A Step towards Sustainable Concrete with Substitution of Plastic Waste in Concrete: Overview on Mechanical, Durability and Microstructure Analysis |
| title_fullStr | A Step towards Sustainable Concrete with Substitution of Plastic Waste in Concrete: Overview on Mechanical, Durability and Microstructure Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Step towards Sustainable Concrete with Substitution of Plastic Waste in Concrete: Overview on Mechanical, Durability and Microstructure Analysis |
| title_short | A Step towards Sustainable Concrete with Substitution of Plastic Waste in Concrete: Overview on Mechanical, Durability and Microstructure Analysis |
| title_sort | step towards sustainable concrete with substitution of plastic waste in concrete overview on mechanical durability and microstructure analysis |
| topic | plastic waste sustainable concrete mechanical strength durability and microstructure analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/12/7/944 |
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