Uso de politereftalato de etileno (PET) como agregado em peças de concreto para pavimento intertravado.

Abstract

The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most produced plastics in the world because of the excellent relationship between their properties and their relatively low cost of production. Howeve r, due to degradation of the time be relatively long, when improperly disposed of, generating a large volume of waste. The systematic recycling and reuse are solutions to minimize the impact on the environment. Accordingly, the engineering floor can contribute finding technical and environmentally suitable alternatives and can be interlocked pavement of these alternatives. interlocked floors are made of precas t concrete parts, whose surface layer should provide comfortable finish for the transit of people and their structure must support vehicle loads. As the aggregates that make up the parts can be natural or artificial, we sought to evaluate this work the behavior of parts produced with the partial replacement of fine aggregate by PET. Initially, characterization tests were conducted to determine the physical, chemical, mineralogical and state of aggregate, cement and PET. Then, they were molded parts with replacement of fine aggregate PET at 2.5% content, 5.0%, 7.5% and 10.0%. Used was drawn 1:1.5:1.5, 1:2:2 and 1:2.5:2.5, by a factor of variation a / c of 0.45, 0.50 and 0.55 . After 28 days of curing, the specimens were subjected to water absorption tests and resistance to compression feature. Later, trace the pieces of 1:1.5:1.5, with factor w/c 0.45 were subjected to tensile strength tests in bending modulus, scanning electron microscopy, abrasive wear, susceptibility to attack by sulfates and susceptibility to the action of heat and rain. The results showed that the compressive strength, modulus of elasticity and tensile strength in bending decreased as PET content increased; The wear tests indicated that the abrasion parts, with any of the concentrations used, can be used in situations with marked abrasion effects; the pieces were resistant to attack by sulfates, regardless of the presence of PET; When susceptible to the action of heat and rain, the piece was analyzed mass variation and loss of strength in the order of 21%, however, the leachate showed no risk of contamination of the soil.