Civil Engineering
An experimental study on effect of aluminum composite panel waste on performance of cement concrete

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Abstract

In the present experimental work, the efforts have been made to use the aluminum composite panel waste collected from a construction site in high strength concrete. This waste of aluminum composite panel contains aluminum coversheets and core of low-density polyethylene. In this investigation, concrete with aluminum waste with varying percentages of 2, 4, 7, and 12% by weight of cement, and LDPE as an additive mass of 3.5, 7, 12.5, and 21% by weight of cement were studied. The concrete was tested in the fresh and hardened state. In the fresh state, concrete was tested for workability and expansion. In the hardened state, the concrete was tested for various strength, Non-destructive tests, and durability tests. Based on the results showed for 28 days, it can be reported that the use of replaced aluminum waste and LDPE as additive waste by weight of cement had a significant decrease in workability as well as strength.

Keywords

Waste aluminum composite panel
Low-density polyethylene
Concrete
Admixture
Durability

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Ajmal Paktiawal is a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering Department, University of Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, Inida. He received his master degree in Structural Engineering from Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies at Faridabad, India in 2017 and B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from Shaikh Zayed University, Khost, Afghanistan in 2007. His main research area includes: Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Non-destructive testing, and seismic design of RCC structures.

Mehtab Alam is a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, India. Dr. Mehtab Alam received his B.Sc. from Aligarh Muslim University, UP, India in 1985. He received his M. Tech. and Ph.D. degree in Structural Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India in 1990 and 1999. His main research area includes: Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Structures, Impact Mechanics and Recycling of demolished Concrete Waste, Skin Reinforce Concrete, Earthquake Disaster and Crisis management.

Peer review under responsibility of Ain Shams University.