Use of Rubber Fibers to Prepare of Impact Resistant Concrete in Factory Slabs

Abstract

At present, the large amount of pollution generated by used tires in Ecuador is a very serious problem because 2,400,000 tires are discarded annually. A very high percentage of these used tires are those that end up on the banks of roads, vacant lots or water bodies, although it is true there have recycling plants, it is also true that a new way to reuse this material is needed. With regard to rubber, especially synthetic rubber, being this, the one used in the manufacture of tires has very interesting physical properties within the area of concrete manufacturing, such as elasticity, abrasion resistance, warm anti Softener, and sulfate resistance. The use of fibers due his properties helps to improve the adhesion and impact resistance of concrete, starting from this the article seeks to verify the usefulness of rubber as a fiber for the production of concrete, for this, a control mixture will carry out with a defined resistance, from which the amount of rubber fiber will vary depending on the coarse aggregate; The tests to be carried out will be the test of compressive strength, tensile strength, following the guidelines indicated in the INEN standards; taking into account that the results obtained must give an improvement or at least be equal to the resistance of the control specimen to guarantee its use.