The feasibility of using recyclable household plastics, specifically those made of polyethylene, commonly used in water and soda bottles, as a replacement for concrete coarse aggregate, was assessed. A method was developed for cutting polyethylene materials into fibrous strips. These strips were then used as a replacement for the rock coarse aggregate in batches of concrete. Standard 6” x 12” t...

Concrete fracture failure is often observed at interaction zones between steel and concrete, including those in hybrid structure connections, shear studs in composite beams, and steel fasteners in concrete. Improvement in intrinsic ductility of the concrete material should suppress such failure mode and enhance the overall structural performance. In this paper, we introduce and experimentally d...

Presented are results of a research into the elaboration of the general method for numeric modelling of the stress-deformation state of reinforced concrete constructions during prolonged operating stresses and exposures. The method is presented in the form of an algorithm on the basis of which computer software has been developed for estimating reinforced concrete constructions operating in a d...

Plastic waste has been significantly increasing globally. Manufacturing procedures, service sectors, and municipal solid all produce a lot of plastic items. Concern over the environment how to dispose generated increased due rise in waste. Additionally, use PET concrete manufacturing should minimize concerns with management carbon dioxide emissions re-cycling waste, thus replacing need it landf...

The growing plastic pollution has prompted the quest to reduce waste sustainably and control mismanaged stream. valorization of through reusing recycling received much attention as a sustainable solution global problem, construction sector provides an important avenue for such endeavor. This review aims present latest advances in building materials 60 relevant scholarly papers content analysis ...

The massive amount of plastic waste in our natural environment is a global concern. In this study, recycling to partially replace sand concrete investigated. performance Resin8, unique combination all types plastics and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) concrete, has also been Replacement contents 5%, 10%, 15% for by volume were performed. mixes incorporating recycled tested against reference mi...

The Beddington Trail/Centre Street, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is the first prestressed concrete highway bridge built in Canada pretensioned by Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic, FRP, tendons. It is also the first bridge which has utilized a structurally integrated optical sensors system to monitor the behaviour. The bridge is completed and was opened to traffic on November 5, 1993. The project in...

This paper presents a method of analysis for the response of concrete beams reinforced with fibrereinforced-plastic (FRP) tension rods and aramid spirals. Three different kinds of longitudinal reinforcement are adopted; CFRP, AFRP and GFRP. Both under-reinforced and over-reinforced sections are described. It is found that the ratio of neutral axis depth and effective depth can be used as an ind...