| Title |
Manufacture and characterisation of a new lightweight plaster for application in wet rooms under circular economy criteria |
| ID_Doc |
3515 |
| Authors |
Zaragoza-Benzal, A; Ferrández, D; Diaz-Velilla, JP; Zúñiga-Vicente, JA |
| Title |
Manufacture and characterisation of a new lightweight plaster for application in wet rooms under circular economy criteria |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02380 |
| Abstract |
The use of circular economy criteria for designing new materials is becoming a key factor for the sustainable development of the building sector and the improved performance of construction companies. This research introduces a new plaster composite material in which the original raw material is partially replaced by expanded polystyrene waste in solution and end-of-life tyre textile fibre. This new material has been tested to verify its behaviour in humidity-drying cycles, recording good mechanical properties with strengths well above the values required by current regulations, even after being subjected to the severe effects of these accelerated ageing cycles. A lightened plaster composite has therefore been developed in which the recycled material is fully integrated into the matrix, thereby obtaining a technically viable product for the manufacture of prefabricated products for wet rooms. In addition, a simulation has been carried out using FlexSim 3D modelling and analysis software, which has corroborated the improvement in the further distribution process of a prototype of a prefabricated false ceiling panel made with this new product, as well as the reduction in costs due to more efficient transportation and a lower environmental impact. |
| Author Keywords |
Circular economy; Lightweight plaster; Building sector; Simulation; Logistics |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001058715400001 |
| WoS Category |
Construction & Building Technology; Engineering, Civil; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
| Research Area |
Construction & Building Technology; Engineering; Materials Science |
| PDF |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02380
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