Development of recycled PET fiber and its application as concrete-reinforcing fiber

By T. Ochi, S. Okubo, K. Fukui. 2007

444 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering

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In Building and Construction

1. Fernando Fraternali
2. S. Spadea
3. R. Ranade
4. V. Berardi
5. Qian Zhang
6. Navid Ranjbar
7. Mingzhong Zhang
8. Victor C. Li

In Civil and Structural Engineering

1. Fernando Fraternali
2. S. Spadea
3. R. Ranade
4. Mingzhong Zhang
5. Qian Zhang
6. Navid Ranjbar
7. V. Berardi
8. Yining Ding

Citations in the corpus

• Effects of recycled PET fibres on the mechanical properties and seawater curing of Portland cement-based concretes (2014, background): “[2] measured relative energy capacities (average energies absorbed by the analysed RPETFRCs divided by the average energy absorbed by the unreinforced concrete) equal to 5.”
• Experimental study of the thermo-mechanical properties of recycled PET fiber-reinforced concrete (2011, methodology): “In particular, RPETFRC/a shows slightly higher first crack ductility and lower ultimate ductility, as compared to RPETFRC/d.”
• Physical and mechanical behaviour of recycled PET fibre reinforced mortar (2011, background): “Nowadays, the literature report many plastic waste applications on mortar and concrete [3–5], specially the use of recycled PET as mortar and concrete aggregates [6–9] and as mortar and concrete fibre reinforcement [10–13].”
• Recycled nylon fibers as cement mortar reinforcement (2014, background): “Several authors have shown that R-PET fibers can conveniently replace virgin plastic fibers in eco-friendly concretes, providing good mechanical and chemical strengths to the final material [12]-[21].”
• Preliminary analysis of concrete reinforced with waste bottles PET fibers (2011, background): “Studies on concrete reinforced with PET fibers have been previously developed [4,5], where the fibers have been extruded to produce monofilaments, or the surfaces of the fibers have”
• Use of recycled plastics in concrete: A critical review. (2016, unknown): “Ochi et al. (2007) also noted that the flexural strength of concrete containing PET fibers improved by up to 36.1% when the fiber content was increased gradually up to 1.5%.”
• Properties and durability of concrete containing polymeric wastes (tyre rubber and polyethylene terephthalate bottles): An overview (2012, background): “[75] mentioned that treated indented PET fibres show high resistance chemical degradation in an alkaline medium.”
• Fiber-reinforced geopolymer composites: A review (2020, background): “The PET fibers have comparable mechanical properties with PP and nylon fibers, while their production is more cost-effective and environmentally friendly [82].”
• Fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete containing plastic bag waste fibers (WFSCC) (2015, background): “The fibers of recycled PET easily mix in the concrete, giving new properties to the material [18].”
• Early age performance and mechanical characteristics of recycled PET fibre reinforced concrete (2016, methodology): “Results obtained in this study are absolutely coherent with the ones available in the literature [9, 22].”