Abstract

Recycling of waste materials is, undoubtedly, one of the most important problems in the future to be solved in all possible ways. It is becoming increasingly necessary to find solutions, even original, imaginative and brilliant to be, of course, first tested before their practical application. Polietilene tereftalato (PET), for example, is a waste material that lends itself well to be reused as concrete reinforcement. In the present article the results of impact tests performed on concrete slab specimens reinforced with fibers made from waste (PET) bottles are reported. The fibers have been obtained by simply cutting the bottles and have been utilized as discrete long reinforcement of the slabs in concrete in substitution of steel bars. A test set-up and slab specimens have been designed and manufactured for the impact tests. The tests are part of an extensive investigation on the use of PET as a reinforcing material in concrete and masonry structures. The tests provided interesting results regarding the impact strength of PET reinforced concrete, suggesting a possible use of this material, in particular for those cases frequently subjected to shocks and impact forces, such as new-jersey guard-rails, road and, especially, airport pavements, wharfs. The reinforcement with PET has the advantage to be less corrosive and less expensive than reinforcement consisting of steel wire nets and carbon or glass nets, making this material more adequate for applications in presence of an aggressive environment.

Autore Pugliese

• Foti Dora

Tutti gli autori

• FOTI D , PAPARELLA F , PAPARELLA V

Titolo volume/Rivista

STRUCTURAL

Anno di pubblicazione

2013

ISSN

2282-3794

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