Strength and durability properties of polyester concrete using pet and fly ash wastes

✍ Scribed by K. S. Rebeiz

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 556 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0929-1881
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00136746

✦ Synopsis

Recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, mainly recovered from plastic beverage bottles, can be used to produce unsaturated polyester resins. In turn, these resins can be mixed with inorganic aggregates (sand and gravel and fly ash waste), to produce polyester concrete (PC). The strength and durability properties of plain and steel-reinforced polyester concrete (PC) using unsaturated polyester resins based on recycled PET and fly ash fillers are discussed in this paper. The recycling of PET and fly ash in PC helps in reducing the cost of the material and alleviating an environmental problem posed by waste materials. The material may effectively be used in many construction applications such as utility, transportation and building components, and the repair and overlay of pavements, bridges and dams.