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Mechanical and Post-Cracking Performance of Recycled High Density Polyethylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete

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UItilization of various plastic fibers to reinforce concrete panels and pathways provides major financial and ecological advantages over historically used steel fiber. However, introduction of plastic filaments by construction sectors has not been observed due to the lack of pertinent data on durability, mechanical characteristics, and their effects on concrete performance. An experimental program is initiated to study the impact on the recycled high-density polyethylene fiber reinforced concrete (rHDPE-FC) with the addition of rHDPE fiber at five mix variations from 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, and 0.7% in concrete and relating the performance with control concrete after the 28, 90 days of curing. The experimental study is performed in the laboratory on the various mechanical attributes, Round Determinate Slab Test (RDST), and Crack Mouth Opening Displacement (CMOD) in the rHDPE-FC. With rHDPE fiber in concrete, splitting tensile and flexural strength performance is observed to increase while compression strength results are seen to vary marginally. The rHDPE fibers show outstanding performance in post-cracking, and significant improvement of ductility performance. Post-cracking performance is evaluated using the CMOD and RDST. It is concluded that the addition of 0.4 and 0.6% rHDPE fiber in concrete is considered optimum for splitting tensile and flexural strength, respectively. Usage of recycled plastic waste in new concrete manufacture is very tempting due to the small price of the raw resources, space-saving, environment protection, and concrete properties.

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Authors convey their heartfelt thanks to the staff of Aditya Engineering College, Surampalem, Andhra Pradesh, India, for their support for conducting experimental investigations.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Odisha, 768018, India

    Maheswara Marabathina Rao & Sanjaya K. Patro

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Aditya College of Engineering and Technology, Surampalem, Andhra Pradesh, 533437, India

    Maheswara Marabathina Rao

  3. Afcons Infrastructure Limited, Mumbai, India

    Sunil S. Basarkar

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Rao, M.M., Patro, S.K. & Basarkar, S.S. Mechanical and Post-Cracking Performance of Recycled High Density Polyethylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. A 103, 519–530 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-022-00625-5

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