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Uses of wasted solids for improved construction

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This paper considers the current amount of wasted solids, costs disposal, and some of the problems impeding solutions. Research efforts on recycling of various new types of construction materials such as beer bottles, scrap tires plastic milk jugs, and animal waste were discussed. New procedures were used for better evaluations in the reported feasibility studies.

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Une bonne part des discussions relatives au problème de l'élimination des déchets solides semble s'être concentrée sur la façon soit de les traiter chimiquement, soit de les brûler ou de les enterrer. L'incinération ne paraît pas compatible avec les soucis actuels de pollution de l'air, et, accomplie en vase clos, elle est coûteuse. Enterrer les déchets n'est pas non plus une solution viable étant donné l'augmentation du coût des terrains, et les fondations qu'on obtiendrait ainsi ne paraissent pas souhaitables pour les bâtiments futurs. On peut penser que les méthodes mécaniques de recyclage de ces matériaux offrent la meilleure solution potentielle.

Cette solution peut être atteinte par l'analyse de système opérée par des équipes interdisciplinaires reposant sur des spécialistes de l'analyse des matériaux, des études de machines, et sur des ingénieurs constructeurs. Les spécialistes de l'analyse des matértaux peuvent accomplir les recherches nécessaires afin, de déterminer la forme, l'aspect et la constitution des matériaux, le constructeur de machines peut fournir l'appareillage propre à traiter économiquement les matériaux, et l'ingénieur constructeur jugera et décidera des applications.

Dans cet article, on examine les obstacles aux solutions possibles, les quantités et les coûts des déchets solides, quelques tentatives de recherche antérieures et les résultats de plusieurs études de faisabilité relatives à l'utilisation des déchets pour l'amélioration de la construction. Cette récente recherche est unique, car on s'est servi de méthodes aérospatiales pour évaluer de nouveaux types de matériaux de construction, tels que les bouteilles de bière, les pneus, les récipients en matière plastique et les déchets animaux.

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P.E., Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering, and Assistant Research Engineer in the Texas Engineering Experiment Station and Member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A. & M. Univ. in College Station, Tex. at the time of this work, and now Manager of Research and Development at The Offshore Company in Houston, Tex.

BSME, and Engineering Research Associate at Texas A&M Univ. at the time of this work, and now Research Associate at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas.

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Bynum, D., Evertson, J.F., Fleisher, H.O. et al. Uses of wasted solids for improved construction. Mat. Constr. 5, 221–229 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02474072

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