Permeability and porosity of light-weight concrete with plastic waste aggregate: Experimental study and machine learning modelling

Z Chao, H Wang, S Hu, M Wang, S Xu… - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The plastic waste has huge potential being used as the aggregate of concrete but the
premise requires to have a sound understanding about the seepage mechanical properties …

Use of Post-Consumer Plastics in the Production of Wood-Plastic Composites for Building Components: A Systematic Review

LS Ribeiro, CM Stolz, M Amario, ALN Silva… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This systematic review study adopted the PRISMA methodology to investigate recent
research on wood-plastic composites (WPC) utilizing post-consumer plastics in the …

Enhanced mechanical, thermal, and morphological properties of waste PET plastics reinforced with coated biodegradable kenaf fibers for infrastructure applications

MM Owen, LS Wong, EO Achukwu… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The surge in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle production has led to a rise in
waste PET plastics. Recycling these waste PET plastics for infrastructural purposes offers a …

Mechanical and morphological characterizations of epoxy composites reinforced with surface modified woven cotton structures using vacuum bagging technique

MM Owen, EO Achukwu… - The Journal of the …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Woven fabric structures facilitate the mechanical interlacement of textile yarns for increased
strength, which leads to more balanced mechanical properties in a composite. This study …

Valorization of landfill mined plastic waste and soil-like fractions in polymer composites–A comprehensive solution for sustainable landfill mining

VSNS Goli, DN Singh - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Utilization of Landfill-Mined Plastic Waste (LMPW) and LandFill-Mined-Soil like-
Fractions (LFMSF), which together contribute to≈ 85–90% of the landfill residues, read as …

[HTML][HTML] Pumice and lapillus scraps: New national environmental-friendly chance for the production of ceramic tiles

F Altimari, F Andreola, PP Benassi, I Lancellotti… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Italian pumice and volcanic lapillus scraps have been used in different percentages as
alternative raw materials to foreign feldspars in porcelain stoneware mixtures. The aim of …

Effect of zinc oxide surface treatment concentration and nanofiller loading on the flexural properties of unsaturated polyester/kenaf nanocomposites

M Mohammed, JK Oleiwi, AJM Jawad, AM Mohammed… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Due to environmental concerns and budgetary constraints associated with synthetic fibers,
natural fibers (NFr) are becoming increasingly popular as reinforcement in polymer …

Dry sliding wear and mechanical investigations on flyash particulates-Lapinus fibre-polyamide 66 polymer composites: Ranking analysis using hybrid analytic …

RP Sharma, M Kumar, A Kumar - Journal of Elastomers & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This research work examines the physical, mechanical, thermal, thermo-mechanical, and
dry sliding wear performance of hybrid waste flyash particulates (F-class; 0-20 wt%@ step of …

A pathway for plastic waste in construction materials

S Tul Muntaha, M Keitsch - Sustainable Development, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mass plastic production has exponentially increased plastic waste. The low rate of
degradation causes plastic waste to end up in the oceans straining ecosystems globally …

Enhanced ablation resistance of carbon/phenolic composites based on mesophase pitch reinforced particles

Y Yue, Y Huang, H Zou, Y Chen… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phenolic resin (PR)‐based composites are the main materials used in thermal protection
system (TPS) at present. However, the low graphitization degree of the char layer formed by …