Contribution to the study of the application of alternative materials in the composites based on Portland cement : use of polypropylene grains recycled in substitution to the aggregates of the concrete / Contribuição ao estudo da aplicação de materiais alternativos nos compositos a base de cimento Portland : uso de grãos de polipropileno reciclado em substituição aos agregados do concreto

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

The main objective of this dissertation was the determination of the main mechanical properties of a composite based on Portland cement CP-V-ARI (high initial resistance) tends as aggregate the grains recycled agglutinated of polypropylene (GRAP). The choice of the plastic is due to the fact that it is one of the main materials used by the industry in general being discarded on average in the proportion of 7% of the weight and 25% of the volume of the metropolitan urban garbage and index of recycling of 17,5%. In the specific case of the polypropylene the proposal of his use was due to his fact to be one of the three plastics more consumed and discarded in Brazil and that indicators reveal the need to develop alternatives for the recycling of this material in the engineering and in the building site as an aggregate for the concrete seeking the partial or total substitution of minerals aggregates. In this study, rehearsals were accomplished with base in the norms of ABNT - Brazilian Association of Technical Norms, for the characterization of the concrete in the hardened state, mainly for the determination of the resistances to the axial and diametrical compression, resistance to the traction in the flexing and module of drying elasticity. The results obtained in rehearsals with mixtures with and without aggregates minerals (substitution) they were satisfactory allowing the development of several concretes with resistance to the axial compression (fcj), through appropriate mixtures to the production of prefabricated elements, an appropriate porous concrete for drainages and stuffing of flagstones and polypropylene grains mineralized with the cement paste, among other applications. There was a superior reduction to 30% of the final weight of the concrete through the reduction of the specific mass. The new concrete was also shown extremely ductile, appropriate for specifications of absorption of impacts. Through the results of this research it could be concluded that it is perfectly viable the use of the concrete with polypropylene grains in substitution to the mineral aggregates in the building site

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environmental management polymeric composites polipropileno reciclagem blocos de concreto scrap plastic refugo de plastico plastics concrete blocks plasticos compositos polimeros gestão ambiental recycling polypropylene

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