Report On Use of Waste Plastic in Concrete
Report On Use of Waste Plastic in Concrete
Report On Use of Waste Plastic in Concrete
Project report
Bachelor of Technology
Submitted Dy•-
Roj£umar R*w«i
CERTIFICATE
Tliis is to ctrtify that Yclbtiw Kutaar I'sndey, Vedpmliesh Jeng+d, Kaaslmiln Kumar
tCivII Enguoezfngj 2018-£9, haa rutxniTied the aemtmzr zepozt tiJed "Enzt gua e Rcsimt
euiląin8c" in pe‹tid I\iIfiItueni ror iłie e-rd of IIte dcgrcc of‘ Beclalor oF Techrolo y in
Civil £ngiacvring tiera it*iisitisn Tmhnic*l Univcisity. Kom.
fDr. Sankalp)
Asststonl pro •ssor{NBIU)
As T zeg4acment of natuzaT cozzze aggregau• {NCA} with pTasfic coarse aggregate {PCA)
is net reasible, partial mplecetncnl at various p4zccntagc were fisemifmd. Naiufal
qoztse aggregates W rcplaooJ by 5°6 If46 and I 5% with pI#sIic coarse aggzcgxtcs.
Corngrcssisc strength of thee oancrelc pwpared win pTasric coarse aggrega es are unted.
Acknowledgment
£ Iage tffia oppazunity la express my groLitu@ la all thosr penple who Taye born aizectly
md indirectly with mc during tfc compctiiie« oFihis jwc
T pay Thgnk Io Dr. Gupat Singh, Head of De;ortmmt of CiDT Engineeñng and njll
co• ordiruslor who gave me thia opportunity zo complete tile project on use of “Uac of
plastic w*sie in commic ss eoatse agI;rcbaic"
T pey Thank Io Mr. Dhorznnzdrs Singh Dhaka end Do. 8ankaTp who free give guidance and g
Tighl Io mc during this projm. His versatile knowledge about “Use of pTsstic wgsle in
concre • as nozrsn a tc" ta¥s cased me in 01e cntica4 him duting the span of this maja
A species gratitude T giw• O our final year projm oo•ordinntor, Mr. Pramh Saini, whose
in stimulating suggestion and ewouragemenu T\eTped me Io caordinaze rrty
grqoc’ oWieTly 'n ’Eng Lltir .
Rgjkumar R,awi
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twist of Graph
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List of Tables
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Chapter I
Aa tic populolian is growing. wastes of vnrioos types are being general. Aa One
Wa¿ng gnd Tow biodegradable westc ma\crieTs err ping wilh consumer pa uIe\im, ii
is nothing waste disposal problems. For ciiics and towns having a popuTg\ion o£2•5 million
Ihc average per zapi\a sob id waste generation rots haa been of 0.35 kg per peraon per
end pspcr pinducis. This plssiic where is increasing sccoiding io incrcracni ir population. So.
ihe problem u'itt dispoisl of itis waxic is increasing day by dsy. Solution io ihis pnblm
is recycling wasies iato useful products Ai dcmlopmmi is increasing day by day iheie
is an inns ia censtniciion end the mainicn«acc work «f iruciw. So, we «re testing
fur ricu' concept of using where plastics in ccracni coacrcie sinicturcs. This can produce
cco•fiicndly constraciion and can eeduce the cost of thu coasiniction.
Tfiis pmjeci is had on ase of ihese plasiic wnstea in concmtc as conese aggngates. U • of
pluiiw waste in emu w r 'duos ilic 8 al rioblcms «nu oilier cuvironmmial
problems which we arc facing due to Tkc increment in use of/›lauics.
rcplaccmcni of plume, were tend ai mom icrnpcmiurc znd ihc msulis were compared.
P-o ihesc rests eight cube uunples were costed to compn•seim siecngth tests nt seven dnys
and
chzrecncñsiic of cwncrcic wiili plzsiic. cighi bcerns ac • elm casied. The plastic teste
aggicgaies (PWA}used to icplaccmcni of rraiuml conisc aggrcgaie t NCA}was solid
wasir gcinrztcd frnm plasiic bagi. friipcr shape ané vizc of nggfcgatcs zero gimn tu these
ploRic 6«gs efter melting ui tit;h temmtun' in wrliiae. Ploiic o ne t;«ic* url
shuwr ia figure 1.1. Plos4ic oggrcgnics only which ore courses ihar l0mm ass used in
mpluccmcnt of nnueel aggrzgstes. Normal coaiac oggrcgnica t NfiA1 was paniolly a•placed
as 5•A l0k‹ and
arc some for atT mistuzes. Lie observed d\ot ability ofconcMe incmsing in increment of
xcesic wear is ex'aiIgbIc. He mmcd slump test to ebb war ability. Tf Tele is incTcnsc
uF pTgsTic begs mesh, bulk donsiTy decreases. Ftexum\ and comprccsiv# strength a'erc tee+cd
aI 2B day and reductions in both strengths win inczeoying percentage of pTaazic obaezvcd.
use ufl plastic bags pim Io stwJy hic cm ia nnd spTiT \cmiIc slrcn@fi. He
conczcle r«is by using CTR can egt+ crushed unite atoncs as coarse aggregate and rtatuzoT
river aon0 ox fine oggtepte, portable water £w from impurities and containing aging
cmcn\agc ofl were pTn* i* begs T0°4. 0.2R+. Q.4%, 0.f°4 Q.R°4 .• 8 T .&). Comtrrcssivc
strength of concrete s imen is ‹hcruasing ‹*0'r dccre‹isc in comprcmivc strcn@h with ma
of addition of plastic tag pieces) with iareoaing percentage uf pTaalic bag pieces.
Tensile
rniz. I\ also stans decreasing whm ndding more then 0.H% of pTaslic bngs piers.
rgyen Mn has ct al. [*0 Tñ]“’, To study chat on compn•ssivc st ngth, moduTos ut”
clwlicity. apTit tunaiTe aiwng0\ and 0cxuzoT strent,'th properties of concrete \T\u suilatrility of
wy•lc'J plastic es nanial opt+cm•i io casnc » s»‹c n ‘oricrcic mix w ob+'web. Tlt
m rc*nT\* were bred cm 20% lbs ibution of na uraT cwTsc Bggrcgaw with t+me ie
aggregate. Caorsc aggregate from pTaalic waa obtained by heating tile plastic pieces and
crushing la required size of aggregate hon observed auT\a acs Wz plWic a tc hire Tow
cosh ng
‹2.0 «s <omIt••- ie 78 lot Naiml aI;8r<¿icj. Ion sr›cc fir sr•vi‹y ‹0.9 «s cor•pn' o 7,74
fw Natural a gave}, and density wTuo (U. g T as compare Io 3. T4 for Natural aggregate),
as compare Io Nartual cosrac aggregate. Slump test obwwed ‹he increment in war nbiTity
of
Zainnb k lsrng I cl gt. They conduc\J tc's s o« concrcw sgmp\n a gM'ta\
rcpTgccmonl of fine gone in concrete. Dmeily, slump, compressiw and flexuraT
alrengih and finally loubhnea w'ew tested. TI1ey used BOX polyethylene and 20%
pa(payee in Fl•s‹ic wont . This nIw« wane vas cah«4 \› nS IwSIJt nr 0.IN-
hmm au with •F
0. T3•4mm}. Ttu mited ordin.try PonTnnd wmmt, find Bggrcgato lnalura I send of 4.74mm
masi num eiac), coorac oggtcgctc (mvsize tteTow 20rnm/ and addition of T0°6 T5S end
2& of plastio were as HsM wplannlcnt n concrete miXtm. Tfiis test Wen'c0 o why
d'ucrcasc in slump with increasing Ihc rc¢n\ ufi plastic. A Wrcrricnt in
Cash and dry density with incwsing Ihe pTgstic waste radio was also observed. Darnese
in compressive oHd fteauroT e\nmgg\ way obxervod by incrccaing the waue plaazic ratio.
I’. Sugamhyel nl.[20I3]’ This sttidy is based on Ihc nplication of fine crushed plnaic
{producefm\ melting md carting of high density polyethylene) as repTecemenz of” find
» m•gozc in eo+\cW win vying knewn percnniages. The main aim oF this uJy is
optimum rcgtaocmcnT of natu iT and by pTas\ic sand. fit concrete mines wwc produced
Khitesfi Sazwe.[20T4}’’ Thia study ia baacd on sddi\ion of waaze plastics along with azceT
fib a Cth in objective iu seek muirnum uy ct basic pIu4p in ¢crimtc.Two difFcs\
concrcic mints were casted in cuts t l50frirn x l50mm z l50mmk one wiih 'zqing
percentages of plastic Yes (0.2#a, 0.4%, 0.gH, 0.8% and T% weight of ccmmt} and
another concrete nip oE pTaazic waste/stecl f!Itrea(0.Z/0.I , 0.4/0.2, 0.6/0.3. 0.b/0.4 and I/0.5
°A by weight of comm) w *tidy site cpmpos»e strcn@h si 7 and 2R day sewn . TI+c
mix of pTgstic ml steel lobes has shown as mrnparc la
concn•\e mix prep only a'ith pTae\ic waste. According Io Ihe zest zesuTts ii is concluded
IhaT a pTnszic wasic ct 0.M wci@i o£ < ment when used wilh steel fibre ct Q.3 #< ( i hz \
F cement) free sfio'rm The mesimum compwssivc shrink. The mean drgwbncL of Th *
study is IhaT BUM fibres 'hm oTung with plastic wastes wilt atlccT all Ihc properties of
screw but the reseawI\er only focused on co\\ restive strength progeny which docs \ot
give clear
ictm cF ccc-refs behaviour.
M. Chimney c\ aT. (*005)"This s udy i* bscd cm u*c of w Tod pea tic a gave in
concn•\e material for a building to work out its pezforr«ence witk regards e thermal
otlribulcs and clfic ienz cHe y peJormonce in caingarim wi\T\ wormaT a regcte concrete.
The plastic nonienT cnnnrcic was prepaid Tom •fid high n•nyc1c0 pTasiicsa i *arinus
requirement of building constniclion Tile *lrcng\h, workabifi\y and finish abiTiTy and abjwl
to long end skort com moniloring in order @ determine energy efficiencies md lcvcT of
common and uormuT acreage on*o\e also aubjcnled to log full altart ten monitaring
AAwr IwUing ili ob ocd lfiu‹ yl‹d
pl^»k courk building fi>ving mod in laGvn g^4 Tess energy in comparison of
normal concrete. however. saving in energy wee more
profound in cold cTimzK in building with tower insui\ion. According a Ihc lest asoIt i\ is
concluded lhgl efficiency of mergy cen t)arthcr be increase if recycle pTeslic of fitigb \
ficrmaT capacity ia used ond i\ t also euggeazed th+• use of recycle plnatic negate
tcncretc be!ng
pTgstic ggrcen\ {0, Tfl', 2\T,$0A end EU%}. They hgsc conducted s'arious Icsls and
ob'swed Ihat density of concrete is dacreascd with inczeaac pczcco\agc of replacement of
z Isle with yeTc p|actin screw a0 it ia also cbscwnd ihat decade n o rnp ive
length for 7 end 28 days wilh increase in pcrccnra of pTgccrn¢n\ of coat oggrc aK
with cycle plastic aggregate. Tip hBW Rh0I«dcd them replacing by 20°4 plastic will
satisfy the permissible Timiss of azm glh. Again, tfiese archers Timized their reecozch zo
only cpmprcs w s\rcngIIt pay. The mptn drawback of this s\qdy is hat no work wa*
carried out \o study tic other inn am propniw of cwcrc c nrld w of wrious rldrnis\urcs in
concn•\e is deltwd to rodm Tosh a F strength.
2. A thcrrnDsoITcaTty couTmllgd own to mainoin lemp¢zalure aT TOO-I TO° C
3. A wire basket
4. A oontninw for filling wau•r
Figure 3.2 allows the oppazotua zoguized for gifa• gravity leat of coarae aggregnzes.
Sr. No.
3927. T
2A.3
719.5
9
• YVate AbaoipA|on = ’j, "
itesults
I. Specific gravity • 2.77
2. Apparent cific gravity = 2.it
3. Water Absmp ion= 0.37•A
3.2 FlneAggregm#m
For samples smoTTs than IO rum P)/czarnzler test is uacd and stxeific gravity is tested foz
sa-nd •ccoidiny to IS: 338a II'4ti-3T rine eel;rtI;+ s used 4s sfo•n in fi8vrc 3.1.
Pycnomclcr end \hcrmosTatica1Ty conlroTTod oven is shown in figuw 3.g nod figuw 3.fi
resgecliyeTy.
lO
lempcwwre o£ 22 zo 32°C. Ron ove mir enuappc0 in k e auJoee oE Ste oggregatc.
AmpcšnWJMimm u w,urfw34fim.
2. Now drain ogt tfc waNr Grem ime semgc, using a 6IIw pač. Air dy eggrcga\w
reloin on the film poper. Nor weighl tfie satuared and ¥uzface•dy aanq1c {A).
3. No' a tc pleccs in if c nycitomeier =i8 nli ii w'th 8isiilfc8 wairt. Rcmw
OniHJggod eir f Omcfcr. WeJgf4t t/W pycromcTN JTt ThiSdJtion ‹B}.
4. £mpty tke matcrigJ of tke pycnomeler inlo a tny. bill čic pycromeTer wilh dis\iIIed
wozer again oR meosure the weight {C).
5. 0 oMy tlt< «sgtcsair in IItc itey a‹ a im›pm•iu of l0o to I lo C Gor 34 iti. Tale
ou\ gnd cooT dc aggrcgaTes and caTcufa\c its migh\ {D).
6. CaTcufa\e Ae apecific gavity, appBzeM s ific groviy and Ihe water atteorption az
Rnsulis
T. S ocific ty = *.60
2. Appawnt sgecific grexiy = 2.64
l2
Sr.
l]
1. Sieves of sieve shzkt should b'e cTcagod.
2. Weight of zeceixing pan ie recorded.
3. roe 2 kg sample /›•ssing through io mm Ig size.
4. Weigh the specimen and n•cord its wciglg.
Age tile eims in order of TO mm, 4.3Jimm, 2.36mzn, T.Tgmm, 0.600mzn,
14
Sz.
IS wł,
No.
9.935 90.M5
5 0,ML 32.?6
91.0 3ûD
l5
Chapter 4
Methodology Aaelyds and Celcul»tione
= Jl.6 Mnun:
l0
k Cement Content
Woter•ccmeiit eatio - 0.44
Ceireci d waicf lenient = 19 t.* k8
/in' Cement content = l9l.6/0.4d
= 455.45
From Tob • 5 o£TS 456,
Minimum imens Cun\#n\ lur miTi csposuø• aridi\io« - 500 Lg/m' 43*i.4*i Xg/in'* 300
kg/m'OK.
Maxirnum cen ent conh•nt 4Ii0 kg/ni'
Estimstion o£ C0atcc Aggmgøtc
propoftion From Tabk 5 of IS I0262-
2019,
For NoninaT man imum øizc o£aggregalc = 20 znm,
Zorlc oFfinc aggteyoze • Zone I
Tf he w/¢ is mere Then 0.5, plume cduocs to incur befit eggrcga\o ccmNnl.
How. corrocTion in tTomc according lo U.4d w/c ratio
•0.GO+0.OT2
1. Volume oFconcrcle = 1 m•
2. volm or<niup/›«l ât° to • a.oi «r' ‹mm - o¥h - 3 is «›ar ‹ ioz6z - zolsjj
l7
me arev* i
4. YWumeo£vawr= X
= 0.1916 m'
3. Volamc of toinl oggecgates - (a - b)• (c * d)
3. Wear= 9.915 Lg
4. Fire aggregates = 34.47 kg
S. CoomroggmgoIrs-57.Vlkg
4.2 Cas •s
TIa• acceptance enteric of quad icy coacreTc arc given in TS•456. En aH the cases, for check of
the cri •riun for onccptaecc gr wjwtion of the c‹mrreic ia the compressive stmngth et 28-
o£quatily oFconcwtc.
For tfie compreayion e gth and 0ecu«st strength teeming, Your caalinga were com peeled
wiki n , 5°4, l0°4 m8 I 5% wrI«c<mcnI of naiml rwrsc «I;grcI¥'i with ihc pI«'c
•os‹c oggrcgnim. In every casting number of siz cube specimens of dimension 150 1â0 z I
5il mm were casied for icuiag of compremion strength ni 7 dnys and ct 28 dog Two
beans z‹eie olso cried in even c«siing lot hexml en•ngih rest or 7 daja and 2f1 tlnys
iniervzt< Totnl
4. Completing bsr
5. Curing tank
6. Comreic mixer
l9
42J Meted¥ls for Cmstng
AST ma\cz!eT for preparation of concrete were mzangcd. Using weight machine gggrcgelcs,
cement and water were weight accuzatcTy according Io desig« mis. protxmion.
For rest aimpTe M25 cowteTe eube c48tin , e'eIgh\s of mnzerioTs were
\. Ccmmt oontcni = 22.53 kg
2. Wetcr= 9.915 Lg
3. Fiza• eggrcgaies = 34.447 Mg
4. Coarse eggrcgnw = 37.91 kg
For socond concmc cubic casting Cth 5% replacmnt of n uraT uggregst with plastic
waale o gn•gotea, weighB of meKriats were
|. femmt‹:onwn=*°'3kg
2. WBOP " 9.315 kg
3. Fine aggregates = I4.447 kg
4. Noiur»i cm n e yus - ss.u
5. Pisflic Waste zggrtyics = 2.89hg
For third concrete cube earring witfi I0•A mplsceracni of normal aggrcgnies wiih plovtic
waaze aggregates, weights of materials wete
1. Cement centcni = 22.53 Lt;
2. Water = 9.915 kg
3. Fine aggregates = 34.4•¥7 kg
4. No\ozol coozae aggregates • 52.T2 kg
I. Removing ufi eubc and Imam mould pto es UM were properly oheM end
belt mmdc fully tight. On all lhc Lancs of Ihc mould a Ihin layer of oil was applied.
Tcral
3. The sampic of concrete wcs filtcd into the cube moulds in 3 layers with 35 s4rofiea
ring bumping md otter fiI link eirh foyer. Each layer was oppinx imniely 5 cm deep.
4. Fe sq-ethical disiñb«ion of r mtc, i •«s comF+cmd nB ieblc vibioior.
5. A fler vibiviions, finishing of top surface wns done.
6. Now ihe concrete cubes wm nomd under shed at ixnnn temperature for 24 hours.
7. After 24 hunts, cubes veer mmovod from moulds and mark:ing on enter was dome on
it. After meting echos wcs sion•ti in were «i a iwnpcniion• 24°C to ?& mil be 7
or 28•dnysaccoiding ie egc of veering.
3. The spccimm was ptaood in lhe machine in such a manor That The id should &
apps iod to Ihc opposite sides of Ihe wbc cast.
4. AIigra•0 be apncimn ccnua1Ty on tile base p|éIe of be mmhine.
5. Now ihc k+d • ›nIM gradually c‹mtinvowII md wiifioul skocL e \Ic ralc of 140
kg/cm•/mi nutc lily Ihe s imcn fails.
6. Who Ihe specimen boils, ifie machine cops automolicoTTy.
7. Now mr=imum ko8 um rtccrdctl end gal e rrr›on.
Minimum Ics\cd not of ••• •• + specimens Would be flno¢ st each sclcelcd age. Ruths of
a specimen 8hDDTd be rejected ifl its atength voriea by more than 15 X of axezage sWngth.
6. UW-leFmm
10
IvI20
M2S 25
20
M3S 23.5
M40 27
30 45
Ptexurat 6treozth
Its salt is osge*scd in tnrrns of modulus of rupiuit *•liict dvoete* *s tldR) irt f•4Pa or psi.
Thcecan two methods to condini fiexurnl test
ri
FinoTTy, the Io\towing equation is uaed to find ouc 6esuzaJ uzx•n$th of Irene using
compressive scengib This est be used in 4rsinn celculaii us w in laboruory iesftngs.
2. Specimen size
3. MOi8tlJze o0z ditiQn OFtbc cQn¢zeu• specimen
27
TM following expre8sian is osed for estimation of modulus of zuptwe:
P L
I'd
W ends epecinv•us freed fur compression siimgih usr was meited ai S,C„ S Ct SJ;.
SiCi. SEC i. S Ct. S+Ci end 5tCi. Bearers which were used for fkxuixl sircngih icaiing
scre mzrf:nd zs Sr B t. S•Bi. S Bi and SiB i,Tmiirig msults of the obom specimns ore
given as
GEC AJMER RMASTTIAN
G|ÑCXüfüERRAüXßTMAN
GEC AJMER RAJASTTIAN
I5.I
16.4
I5.I
3J
Obserwd resuI\g from diITmn\ I1exuzaI tes\g nzr down in tabs 4.4.
S1B2 I7.15
S2BI
12.56
Beon e which were usmt for flexura1 atrength a•sting were morked as S1&2, S2B2, 53B3 and
W4M.Combixd omgn›ponwofttw bow imcxwyrcnWgmm wn*•folouüng
Obwrwd wsulu of comprcssion oud NcsumT Icsis el 28 days gw *hoe in tabTc 4.*i end Able
Sfi
23.6
19.5
37
(M} (MPo)
fMI'e)
S1 B1 M.16 46.89
38
Fï$crc 4. 0 Bnnkm cube JJzid bœoŁ ærngtzs
Age pI h@ctMenß
7 ‹Bys iu
28 ôays iv
si.os
io II.37
10 21.44
IS 25.b7
Chapter S Conclusion
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