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1. Introduction

Author : Shi Yin

Published in: Development of Recycled Polypropylene Plastic Fibres to Reinforce Concrete

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

In recent years, macro plastic fibres have widely been used to replace traditional steel reinforcement in the construction of concrete footpaths, precast elements and shotcrete tunnel linings. Recycled polypropylene (PP) fibres offer significant environmental benefits over virgin PP fibres or steel mesh. However, the recycled PP fibres have not yet been widely adopted by construction industries due to limited research. This project aims to develop recycled PP fibres, which can be used to replace virgin PP fibre and steel mesh. This chapter introduces the rationale for this project, provides the research objectives and explains the origination of this thesis.

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Metadata
Title
Introduction
Author
Shi Yin
Copyright Year
2017
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Development of Recycled Polypropylene Plastic Fibres to Reinforce Concrete

Print ISBN: 978-981-10-3718-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-3719-1

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3719-1_1

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