Effects of Waste PET Bottles Aggregate on the Properties of Concrete

By Yun-Wang Choi, D. Moon, Jee-Seung Chung, S. Cho. 2005

618 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering

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In Building and Construction

1. Togay Ozbakkaloglu
2. L. Gu
3. F. Pacheco-Torgal
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5. Denvid Lau
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2. Yining Ding
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6. B. Yesi̇lata
7. Iman M. Nikbin
8. N. Hilal

Citations in the corpus

• Thermal conductivity, compressive strength and ultrasonic wave velocity of cementitious composite containing waste PET lightweight aggregate (WPLA) (2013, neutral): “In these studies, some physical and mechanical properties of the WPLA specimens are examined [5–12].”
• Preliminary analysis of concrete reinforced with waste bottles PET fibers (2011, result): “7) also to compare the results with those presented in [4,6,7].”
• Fresh properties of self-compacting concrete with plastic waste as partial replacement of sand (2017, background): “Their results showed that decreasing in weight using plastic wastes was about 2–6% of the normal weight concrete while compressive strength reduced up to 33% compared with compressive strength of normal concrete (Choi et al., 2005).”
• Use of recycled plastics in concrete: A critical review. (2016, positive): “Use of recycled plasti org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.03.005 and Liu, 2004; Choi et al., 2005, 2009; Elzafraney et al., 2005; Ferrándiz-Mas et al., 2014; Ferreira et al., 2012; Fraj et al., 2010; Frigione, 2010; Galvão et al., 2011; Ge et al., 2013; Haghi et al., 2006; Herki et al., 2013; Ismail and…”
• Use of recycled plastic in concrete: a review. (2008, background): “Choi et al. (2005) studied the effects of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles lightweight aggregate (WPLA) on the density of concrete.”
• On the mechanical properties of concrete containing waste PET particles (2013, background): “[11,12] studied substitution of sand with PET aggregates which were made of PET particles and stone powder and they reported a decrease in concrete unit weight and an increase in water absorption.”