Adoption of Recycled HDPE Plastic Granules and waste Crushed Glass as a Partial Substitute of fine Sand in Concrete
Balaji KVGD1, T. Santosh Kumar2, Kondra Nikhil Gupta3
1Balaji KVGD, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Vizag (Andhra Pradesh), India.
2T. Santosh Kumar, Assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Vizag (Andhra Pradesh), India.
3Kondra Nikhil Gupta, M.Tech. Student, Department of Civil Engineering, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Vizag (Andhra Pradesh), India.
Manuscript received on 18 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 25 June 2019 | Manuscript published on 30 June 2019 | PP: 536-542 | Volume-8 Issue-5, June 2019 | Retrieval Number: E7137068519/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: There are three issues in India as per the environmental concern. First, the waste plastic disposal solution; second, the over-digging of river sand has led to a restriction on its excavation and third, the disposal of waste broken glass in landfills. Targeting the three issues the waste plastic rarely reused in India and the waste plastic and waste broken glass are non-biodegradable or they diminish at acutely low rate means they endure in the earth environment for a very long-term materials. To solve these issues, introducing the process of adding HDPE plastic granules and crushed waste glass used as a fine aggregate replacement in concrete. In this experiment to increase mechanical properties of concrete (M30 grade) having High-density polyethylene (HDPE) granules used as a partial replacement for fine aggregate (0%, 5%, 10%, 15% & 20%). The characteristics of concrete consisting HDPE plastic granules and crushed waste glass as river sand were studied separately in this investigation. Plastic containing concrete shown decreasing in strength and glass containing concrete shown increasing in strength as increasing in percentage of the materials. After that finding the optimum mix of crushed glass used based on strength of the concrete. Then the last mix proportion contains both plastic and glass (S80G15P5, S75G15P10, S70G15P15 & S65G15P20) shown the better results than the only plastic replaced as a fine aggregate in concrete results.
Keywords: HDPE Plastic Granules, Crushed Glass, Workability, Slump, Compressive Strength, Split Tensile Strength, Flexural Strength, Optimum Mix
Scope of the Article: Smart Glasses