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The possibility of using Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a fibre to improve the ductile behaviour of concrete | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Civil Engineering | ||
| Article 3, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 30-39 | ||
| DOI: 10.37650/ijce.2018.172881 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hamid Hamood Hussein .; Osama Abd Al-Ameer .; . Mahmoud Khaled Ahmed | ||
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| Abstract | ||
| To preserve the natural materials, applying the principles of sustainable engineering, to approach the principle of zero waste and to contribute the solution of the negative environmental impact of two decades, which is caused by excessive use of bottles of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in packaging, has led to the approach of alternative, clean and innovative technologies aimed at recycling and reuse to address this environmental problem. Proposed re-use empty bottles as a way to get rid of them and benefit from them at the same time the way, this method through which the empty bottles cutting into fibres using these fibres made of PET to improve the properties of concrete. Percentage of fiber that has been used are 1%, 1.5%, 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5%. Suitable tests were performed to measure properties of concrete reinforcement by recycle PET fibre such as compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, four-point bending strength, modulus of elasticity and toughness index. Flexural toughness tests were performed to measure the ductility capacities of reinforced concrete members with recycled PET fibre reinforced concrete. The results obtained indicate Toughness index was enhanced by using PET fibre reinforced concrete specimens, compared to no ductility performance of concrete specimens without fibre reinforcement. A significant change in ductility was when observed PET used fibre with 3%. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Polyethylene terephthalate; pet; fibre; ductile behavior; Concrete; Suitable tests | ||
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