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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

A Comprehensive Review of Incorporating Steel Fibers of Waste Tires in Cement Composites and Its Applications.

Asad Zia, Zhang Pu, Ivan Holly, Tariq Umar, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq, Muhammad Sufian

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Asad ZiaSchool of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5528-929X
Zhang PuSchool of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1205-3826
Ivan HollyDepartment of Concrete Structures and Bridges, Slovak University of Technology, 811 07 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Tariq UmarDepartment of Architecture and the Built Environment, Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1197-8181
Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman TariqCollege of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne 8001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0226-7310
Muhammad SufianSchool of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6777-0219

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating vast amounts of pollutants drives modern civilization toward sustainable development. Construction waste is one of the prominent issues impeding progress toward net-zero. Pollutants must be utilized in constructing civil engineering structures for a green ecosystem. On the other hand, large-scale production of industrial steel fibers (ISFs) causes significant damage to the goal of a sustainable environment. Recycled steel fibers (RSFs) from waste tires have been suggested to replace ISFs. This research critically examines RSF's application in the mechanical properties' improvement of concrete and mortar. A statistical analysis of dimensional parameters of RSFs, their properties, and their use in manufacturing various cement-based composites are given. Furthermore, comparative assessments are carried out among the improvements in compressive, split tensile, and flexural strengths of plain and RSF-incorporated concrete and mortar. In addition, the optimum contents of RSF for each strength property are also discussed. The influence of RSFs parameters on various strength properties of concrete and mortars is discussed. The possible applications of RSF for various civil engineering structures are reviewed. The limitations and errors noticed in previous review papers are also outlined. It is found that the maximum enhancement in compressive strength (CS), split tensile strength (STS), and flexure strength (FS) are 78%, 149%, and 157%, respectively, with the addition of RSF into concrete. RSF increased cement mortars' CS, STS, and FS by 46%, 50.6%, and 69%, respectively. The current study encourages the building sector to use RSFs for sustainable concrete.

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concretefiber reinforced concretemechanical strengthmortarsraw steel fibers recovered from waste tiressustainable environment

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PMID36363014
PMCPMC9657126

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