Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Mechanical behavior of concrete with added plastic film waste
Year:2019
Research Areas
  • Civil engineering and architecture
Information
Abstract
In favor of the circular economy, the European 2020 Strategy aims to advance towards 80% of the recycled containers by the year 2020. Currently, in Spain, 66.5% of plastics are recycled. The problem is the existence of different types of plastics, what makes difficult to recycle them, due to they are often not compatible because they are not a homogeneous material. The objective of the research is to study the mechanical behavior of micro-concrete, with the addition of film chippings as a partial substitute for gravel, in order to obtain a lighter and more sustainable concrete. To make this possible, a campaign of experimental tests has been carried out, which allows us to determine the mechanical properties of the material and its density. Six cylindrical specimens of diameter 100 mm and 200 mm height were made for compression tests and six prismatic specimens of 520x100x30 mm3, for impact tests, which were tested after 28 days. The results obtained have been compared with concretes without additions, to determine the goodness of the compression and impact material. The results obtained show that the incorporation of film chippings produces a good workability in the concrete, decreases its density by approximately 10% and improves the impact resistance results, although its compression resistance decreases.
International
Si
Congress
IV International Conference on Technological Innovation in Builiding. CITE 2019
960
Place
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-84-16397-88-4
Start Date
06/03/2019
End Date
08/03/2019
From page
219
To page
220
Libro de Actas CITE 2019
Participants
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Patología de estructuras, protecciones colectivas y medios auxiliares de edificación.
  • Departamento: Tecnología de la Edificación