Incorporation of fine plastic aggregates in rendering mortars

Investigations for properties improvement of recycled PE polymer particles-reinforced mortars for repair practice

“…They observed decreases in sorptivity with increases of polymer particles contents. Similarly to Ghernouti and Rabehi [20], Silva et al [21] substituted sand with recycled PET polymer particles using two different geometries (plastic pellets (PP) and (PF) plastic flakes) at three ratios (5, 10 and 15%). They reported that capillary water absorption coefficient increased with the volume of plastic wastes ratios.…”

“…This study is an extension to the works presented in [16][17][18][19][20][21] by investigating on durability of recycled PE polymer particlesreinforced mortars. Such investigations were carried out for properties improvement of PE polymer particles-reinforced mortars under chemical attacks, using different volumetric contents of PE polymer particles and a superplasticiser.…”

“…In the case of mortar repairs, we wish to mention the works in [16][17][18][19][20][21]. To start with, Benosman et al [16] carried out experiments on mortars blended with polyethylene terephtalate (PET) polymer particles under sulfate ions attack.…”

“…number of material properties. In the last past decades, several studies have been worldwide devoted to the development of waste materials in the composition of concretes [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] to build up composite materials which could lead to the design of innovative concretes with better performances and environmental sustainability. Particular attention was accorded to the case of concrete reinforcement with PE polymer particles.…”

A comparative study on the practical use of low sulfide base-metal tailings as aggregates for rendering and masonry mortars

“…The susceptibility to cracking of renders was additionally evaluated through an empirical method based on the observation of a render coat (2 cm mortar layer) applied on a brick and immediately placed in curing conditions of 22 ± 2 °C and a relative humidity of 50% (Silva et al 2009;Da Silva et al 2014). …”