Experimental Investigations on the Bond and Flexural Characteristics of PET Reinforced Concrete
| Author(s) | : | M.L.Anoop Kumar, A. Lakshmikantha Reddy, S.Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Dr. I.V.Ramana Reddy, Dr.C.Sashidhar |
| Institution | : | Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, JNT University Anantapur, Ananthapuramu, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 12 — December 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 812-823 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The safe disposal of non-recyclable plastic material is the most challenging issue for the solid wastemanagement across the globe. Even today, at least 15% of total plastic waste remains untreated. Incorporation of plasticin concrete is an inclining area of research which is one of the ways of utilizing the exponentially increasing plasticwaste. Fibres obtained from the food grade Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles are utilized in an earlier researchwhere satisfactory results were obtained. The present research studies concentrate on resolving the above issues in abeneficial way. In the current study, post-consumer PET bottle is used as reinforcement for concrete and the bondcharacteristics of PET with concrete and the flexural strength characteristics of concrete reinforced with PET in variousforms like hollow bars, strips etc are studied and also compared with those of steel reinforced concrete and the testresults are reported with detailed analysis.
M.L.Anoop Kumar, A. Lakshmikantha Reddy, S.Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Dr. I.V.Ramana Reddy, Dr.C.Sashidhar, “Experimental Investigations on the Bond and Flexural Characteristics of PET Reinforced Concrete”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 12, pp. 812-823, December 2017.
