Waste Rubber Tube Research Papers (original) (raw)

The main objective of the study was to investigate the mechanical properties of Moso bamboo species (Phyllostachys pubescens) in wet and dry conditions and waste rubber engineered bamboo, according to climate for temporary shelter design during flood occurrence. For experiment, bamboo of diameter 5 cm and made four samples (length 25 mm, width 3 mm and thickness 1.5 mm) for testing tensile strength and flexure modulus (length 13 mm, width 2 mm and thickness 1 mm). The study finds that the tensile stress for dry sample (A) was 29.0 MPa; elongation break was 4.5% and these parameters for water soaked sample (A1) were 17.1 MPa and 10.6% respectively. Tensile stress for dry sample laminated with rubber tube (B) was 31.5 MPa; elongation break was 3.1% and these parameters for rubber tube laminated water soaked sample (B1) were 19.9 MPa and 5.6% respectively. Flexural strength for samples A, A1, B and B1 were 290.5, 283.1, 339.9 and 292.8 MPa respectively. Results indicate that the strength of rubber tube laminated samples increases. The study concludes that vehicles' waste rubber tubes can be utilized to enhance the strength of bamboo for making temporary shelter in flood affected areas.

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Concrete is the most commonly used building material, in which cement and aggregate are unavoidable to manufacture. So, the use of excessive aggregate may lead to higher prices as a requirement of natural resources being costly. Solid waste management has nowadays received a lot of attention. From the ground. Different solid waste, like waste tyres, has become a concern due to its non-biologically degradable Nature. In many industries, such as thermal power plants, the majority of waste tyre rubbers are used as fuels, Cement furnaces, brick furnaces etc. Sadly, such use is not environmentally friendly and highly demanding, but it is costly. Thus, the use of scrap tyre rubber in the preparation of concrete was thought to be alternative disposal. This kind of waste is meant to protect the atmosphere. Attempt that has been done in this analysis to classify the different properties required for the construction of a concrete mix with rough tyre rubber particles to be used as aggregate in a systematic manner. As part of this project, the M20 grade concrete was selected as the reference concrete specimen. Rubber tyre particles in the shape of coarse aggregate is used in place of conventional coarse aggregate.