Concrete-polymer Composites: Trends Shaping the Future

Czarnecki, Lech

doi:10.5188/ijsmer.15.1

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“…Furthermore, they found that the decrease of density obtained by replacing sand with cork lead to a smoother loss in the specific properties. Table 1 presents a comparison between the mechanical properties of traditional portland cement concrete and PC presented by Czarnecki [18,19]. It reveals that the use of PC with traditional aggregates leads to a better performing material.…”

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Design and Assessment of a Lightweight Polymer Concrete Utility Manhole

Leonardi

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Leizerow

et al. 2019

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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Polymer concrete is a composite using polymer instead of portland cement as a binder. It allows optimizing the tensile and cracking strength and the chemical resistance of a concrete structure. In this study, different formulations were assessed in order to optimize a polymer concrete underground utility manhole with minimum weight. Formulations were based on an epoxy-amine system mixed with fine regular-weight aggregates and ultralightweight aggregates. The objective was to design and assess an underground utility structure with the epoxy chemical resistance, strength, and lightweight and to study whether the replacement of regular-weight aggregates by ultralightweight aggregates would contribute to improve the strength and reduce the structure weight. Two polymer concrete systems were designed from its formulation, and their mechanical performance was evaluated experimentally. A numerical model was developed for a polymer concrete underground utility structure made from the different formulations. It was simplified as a box subjected to typical soil loads. The size of the box is a standard one. Its minimum wall thickness is specified for sustaining the in-use service pressures obtained from numerical simulation. The model predicted that the epoxy/regular-weight aggregate formulation could be used with a wall thickness significantly smaller than the formulation with ultralightweight aggregates. In addition, the underground utility structure made with this formulation would weigh six times less than the same box made with a traditional portland cement concrete.

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“…Properties of cement concrete and polymer concrete adapted from Czarnecki and Lukowski[18] and Czarnecki[19].…”

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Design and Assessment of a Lightweight Polymer Concrete Utility Manhole

Leonardi

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Leizerow

et al. 2019

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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“…In the last 40 years polymer concrete has made tremendous progress and continues to be very promising materials for a wide range of new and innovative applications. Moreover, the use of polymers should be well considered to guarantee better performance and improved sustainability [1][2][3]. Improvement on mechanical strength and chemical resistance is basic advantages of polymer concrete in comparison to ordinary Portland cement concrete (PCC).…”

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Polypropylene Fibers as Reinforcements of Polyester-Based Composites

Martínez-Barrera

Vigueras-Santiago

López

et al. 2013

International Journal of Polymer Science

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Effects of gamma radiation and the polypropylene fibers on compressive properties of polymer concrete composites (PC) were studied. The PCs had a composition of 30 wt% of unsaturated polyester resin and 70 wt% of marble particles which have three different sizes (small, medium, and large). The PCs were submitted to 200, 250, and 300 kGy of radiation doses. The results show that the compressive properties depend on the combination of the polypropylene fiber concentration and the applied radiation dose. The compressive strength value is highest when using medium particle size, 0.1 vol% of polypropylene fibers and 250 kGy of dose; moreover, the compressive modulus decreases when increasing the particle size.

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“…Typically, the concrete-polymer composites are classified into three types dependent on the principles of process technology : 1,2,3,4) 1) Polymer cement concrete (PCC) 2) Polymer concrete (PC) 3) Polymer impregnated concrete (PIC)…”

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Polymer Concrete as Construction Materials

Yeon

2010

Int.J.Soc.Mater.Eng.Resour.

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Since 1950s, there has been increasing interest on concrete-polymer composites as new construction materials in the construction industry. The concrete-polymer composites, typically, can be classified into three types in terms of principles of the process technology, i.e. polymer cement concrete, polymer concrete, and polymer impregnated concrete. Among them, the polymer concrete is well known for its versatile and beneficial structural applications compared to the other types. In this paper, physical and mechanical properties, product applications, economic analysis, and environmental effects of the polymer concrete will be mainly addressed. Furthermore, anticipated prospect of the polymer concrete in the construction market will be also discussed.

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Concrete-polymer Composites: Trends Shaping the Future

Cited by 12 publications

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Design and Assessment of a Lightweight Polymer Concrete Utility Manhole

Design and Assessment of a Lightweight Polymer Concrete Utility Manhole

Polypropylene Fibers as Reinforcements of Polyester-Based Composites

Polymer Concrete as Construction Materials

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