期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：687
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：The use of plastic is increasing day by day, although steps were taken to reduce its consumption. This createssubstantial garbage every day which is much unhealthy. A healthy and sustainable reuse of plastics offers a host ofadvantages. The suitability of recycled plastics as coarse aggregate in concrete and its advantages are discussed here. Theinitial questions arising of the bond strength and the heat of hydration regarding plastic aggregate were solved. Tests wereconducted to determine the properties of plastic aggregate such as density, specific gravity and aggregate crushing value.As 100% replacement of natural coarse aggregate (NCA) with plastic coarse aggregate (PCA) is not feasible, partialreplacement at various percentage were examined [8], [9]. The percentage substitution that gave higher compressivestrength was used for determining the other properties such as modulus of elasticity, split tensile strength and flexuralstrength. Higher compressive strength was found with 20% NCA replaced concrete. Heat resisting behavior of the PCAconcrete is also discussed in this study.
