The daily increase in plastic waste is causing severe environmental problems, mainly because of its long-life span decay. At present, the government and private organizations worldwide are taking several actions to decrease, recycle, and reuse plastic waste. Several researchers from a variety of fields are trying to use plastic in various ways for their studies. In the same way, several investigations have been conducted using various kinds of plastic materials in the asphalt mixture. The use of plastics shows a positive response in the mechanical behavior of the asphalt mix. In this paper, the consequences of e-commercial plastic waste are investigated. Two different mixing processes, i.e., wet process, and dry process are considered to study the physical, rheological, and mechanical properties of asphalt mix. Plastic is used as an asphalt binder modifier throughout the wet phase, and the aggregates are covered with plastic during the dry process. To prepare asphalt mixes, the different proportions of plastic (3, 5, 7, and 9%) are considered. The Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS), Tensile Strength Ratio (TSR), and Creep test have been used to measure a variety of mechanical characteristics. The dry mix that uses 7% of e-commercial plastic waste yields a substantial result when compared to the other test results.

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Effects of E-Commercial Plastic Waste on Asphalt Mix

  • Sayantan Sasmal,
  • Bishal Halder,
  • Ambika Kuity

摘要

The daily increase in plastic waste is causing severe environmental problems, mainly because of its long-life span decay. At present, the government and private organizations worldwide are taking several actions to decrease, recycle, and reuse plastic waste. Several researchers from a variety of fields are trying to use plastic in various ways for their studies. In the same way, several investigations have been conducted using various kinds of plastic materials in the asphalt mixture. The use of plastics shows a positive response in the mechanical behavior of the asphalt mix. In this paper, the consequences of e-commercial plastic waste are investigated. Two different mixing processes, i.e., wet process, and dry process are considered to study the physical, rheological, and mechanical properties of asphalt mix. Plastic is used as an asphalt binder modifier throughout the wet phase, and the aggregates are covered with plastic during the dry process. To prepare asphalt mixes, the different proportions of plastic (3, 5, 7, and 9%) are considered. The Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS), Tensile Strength Ratio (TSR), and Creep test have been used to measure a variety of mechanical characteristics. The dry mix that uses 7% of e-commercial plastic waste yields a substantial result when compared to the other test results.