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Mechanical Performance of Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites Including Fully-Recycled Plastic Fibers
- Source :
- Fibers, Volume 9, Issue 3, Fibers, Vol 9, Iss 16, p 16 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The use of virgin and recycled plastic macro fibers as reinforcing elements in construction materials has recently gained increasing attention from researchers. Specifically, recycled fibers have become more attractive owing to their large-scale availability, negligible cost, and low environmental footprint. In this work, we investigate the benefits related to the use of fully-recycled synthetic fibers as dispersed reinforcement in Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites (FRCCs). In light of the reference performance of FRCCs including virgin polypropylene (PP) fibers only, the mechanical response of composites reinforced with polyolefin filaments treated with a sol-gel silica coating and polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/polyethylene (PE) cylindrical draw-wire fibers is here assessed through three-point bending tests. Remarkably, recycled polyolefins lead to a notable enhancement in terms of peak strength and post-crack energy dissipation capability. This improvement is ascribed to both the flattened shape of fibers and the surface coating, which turns out to be very effective at strengthening the fiber-to-matrix bond. On the other hand, PET/PE fibrous reinforcement generally leads to a lower toughness, if compared to the virgin fibers. However, no reduction in terms of peak stress is evidenced. Balancing the significance of mechanical performance and environmental sustainability in the framework of a circular economy approach, both fully-recycled fibers at hand can be regarded as promising candidates for innovative structural applications.
- Subjects :
- Toughness
Materials science
0211 other engineering and technologies
recycled polyethylene terephthalate
02 engineering and technology
Fiber Reinforced Cement Composite (FRCC)
recycled polyolefin
silica coating
coated fiber
polypropylene fiber
Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC)
Biomaterials
chemistry.chemical_compound
lcsh:TP890-933
lcsh:TP200-248
021105 building & construction
Polyethylene terephthalate
Fiber
Composite material
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Civil and Structural Engineering
Polypropylene
lcsh:Chemicals: Manufacture, use, etc
Polyethylene
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
lcsh:QC1-999
Polyolefin
Surface coating
Synthetic fiber
lcsh:Biology (General)
chemistry
Mechanics of Materials
Ceramics and Composites
lcsh:Textile bleaching, dyeing, printing, etc
0210 nano-technology
lcsh:Physics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Fibers, Volume 9, Issue 3, Fibers, Vol 9, Iss 16, p 16 (2021)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....86e778207609971d1a6f66ae3f452c78