Recycling of landfill wastes (tyres, plastics and glass) in construction–A review on global waste generation, performance, application and future opportunities

W Ferdous, A Manalo, R Siddique, P Mendis… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
The world is moving towards a circular economy that focuses on reducing wastes and
keeping materials in use for the longest time possible. This paper critically reviewed three of …

Thermoplastic pultrusion: A review

K Minchenkov, A Vedernikov, A Safonov, I Akhatov - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pultrusion is one of the most efficient methods of producing polymer composite structures
with a constant cross-section. Pultruded profiles are widely used in bridge construction …

End-of-life tyre conversion to energy: A review on pyrolysis and activated carbon production processes and their challenges

NH Zerin, MG Rasul, MI Jahirul, ASM Sayem - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The number of end-of-life waste tyres has increased enormously worldwide, which is one of
the non-biodegradable Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) piling up in an open space for a long …

A comprehensive review on polymer composites in railway applications

P Jagadeesh, M Puttegowda, OP Oladijo… - Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The main challenging things in railway vehicles are to reduce the consumption of energy for
transportation and to decrease the emission of harmful gasses by limiting the consumption …

Effects of high pulling speeds on mechanical properties and morphology of pultruded GFRP composite flat laminates

A Vedernikov, L Gemi, E Madenci, YO Özkılıç… - Composite …, 2022 - Elsevier
The economic efficiency of pultrusion can be significantly improved by operating the process
at higher pulling speeds. This experimental study analyzed the relationships between the …

[HTML][HTML] A review on embedded fibre-reinforced polymer reinforcement in structural concrete in Europe

S Reichenbach, P Preinstorfer, M Hammerl… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
For certain cases internal reinforcement made of Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) is a
promising solution to the degradation of steel reinforcement caused by environmental …

Experimental study on flexural behavior of concrete beam reinforced with GFRP and steel-fiber composite bars

SH Xiao, JX Lin, LJ Li, YC Guo, JJ Zeng, ZH Xie… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Steel-fiber composite bars (SFCBs), which consists of a steel core and a fiber-reinforced
polymer (FRP) pultruded protective coating, are a type of composite reinforcing bars …

Evaluation of the technical viability of distributed mechanical recycling of PLA 3D printing wastes

FR Beltrán, MP Arrieta, E Moreno, G Gaspar… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
3D printing PLA wastes were recovered from a well-known reference grade and from
different sources. The recovered wastes were subjected to an energic washing step and …

[PDF][PDF] A perspective on the potential material candidate for railway sector applications: PVA based functionalized graphene reinforced composite

A Verma - Applied Science and Engineering Progress, 2022 - ph02.tci-thaijo.org
In this perspective article, the advantages offered by the biodegradable poly (vinyl alcohol)
polymer matrix with 2D graphene nano-particles (in the functionalized form) for the …

Effects of the Pre-Consolidated Materials Manufacturing Method on the Mechanical Properties of Pultruded Thermoplastic Composites

A Vedernikov, K Minchenkov, S Gusev, A Sulimov… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The choice of a manufacturing process, raw materials, and process parameters affects the
quality of produced pre-consolidated tapes used in thermoplastic pultrusion. In this study, we …