Evaluación De Las Propiedades Físico - Mecánicas Del Concreto Convencional Reemplazando Agregado Grueso Con Polietileno De Tereftalato En Distintas Proporciones

Abstract

Taking into account that in many countries, solid waste such as plastics is a polluting part for the environment, the search for a mechanism that reduces this contamination was proposed by reusing these wastes in a practical way to improve people's quality of life. This is how this work begins with the collection of the material already crushed and difficult to achieve in the department of Meta, to produce the mixture that allows us to make some specimens, reducing stone material and replacing it with crushed plastic (Polyethylene Terephthalate), in percentages controlled that allow us to observe the behavior of the different mixtures. In cylinders that served as molds provided by the university and in the concrete laboratory, several models were made which allowed us to observe that when the PET material was used in a higher percentage, the result of the mixture was not homogeneous, which did not suitably its good manageability, the waste of crushed material was considerable as well as large amount of mixing, because the volume increased considerably Based on the studies carried out on each specimen, the resistance to compression, they provide us that with a low percentage of PET it is possible to use this material in the construction of non-structural elements such as platforms, bricks, masonry, among others, contributing then to make the material lighter and easier to transport. Thus, this work allows us to first recycle the plastic material, crush it and reuse it as a contributing element in the reduction of environmental pollution and another alternative alternative of mixing, which allows us to make useful objects in practical life as an aid in the construction of elements, which can be used in cobblestones and masonry reducing the work of the people who are in charge of its elaboration and also facilitator and relieving the means of transport since its controlled weight.