401370

Flexural Performance of RC Slabs including Recycled Crumb Rubber (CR), Glass Powder (GP), and Steel Fibers (SFs)

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Last updated: 29 Mar 2025

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Civil Engineering

Abstract

The present paper investigates the flexural performance of reinforced concrete (RC) slabs incorporating waste crumb rubber (CR) and glass powder (GP). Seven concrete mixes were created with varying CR as a replacement for fine aggregate (0%, 10%, and 20% by volume), and GP as a cement substitute (0%, 10%, and 20% by weight). Steel fibers were added in order to enhance ductility and mitigate brittleness. Seven simply supported one-way RC slabs (2200 × 800 × 100 mm) were tested under two-line loads, using a mix designed for a strength of 40.3 MPa. The experimental results showed that substituting fine aggregates with 10% CR and cement with 10% or 20% GP leads to satisfactory slab performance. The 10% CR replacement emerged as optimal. Additionally, steel fibers significantly improved the performance, stiffness, and toughness of the slabs containing CR and GP. The lab analysis included cracking and ultimate loads, deflections, crack patterns, load-deflection relationships, stiffness, ductility, and toughness. At a 20% crumb rubber (CR) replacement, splitting and compressive strengths dropped by 16.2% and 12.2%, respectively, compared to normal concrete. Nonetheless, both 10% and 20% CR replacements maintained acceptable performance in reinforced concrete (RC) slabs, with 10% being the most effective. Similarly, glass powder (GP) substitution at 10% and 20% levels yielded satisfactory results, with 10% GP showing an 8.8% increase in failure loads. In contrast, 20% GP resulted in minor reductions in failure and crack loads by 14.7% and 5.9%.

DOI

10.21608/erjsh.2024.328169.1364

Keywords

Crumb rubber, Glass powder, recycling materials, Rubberized concrete, RC slabs

Authors

First Name

Enas

Last Name

Mories

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Construction and Building Engineering Department, Higher Institute of Engineering, October 6th City, Egypt.

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enasmedhat888@gmail.com

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First Name

Sherif

Last Name

El Beshlawy

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A.

Affiliation

Construction and Building Engineering Department, Higher Institute of Engineering, October 6th City, Egypt.

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beshlawys@csi.edu.eg

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First Name

Tarek

Last Name

Mustafa

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt.

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tarek.mohamed@feng.bu.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0002-0015-9113

First Name

ِAhmed

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

ahmed.ahmed@feng.bu.edu.eg

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Cairo

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Volume

54

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1

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53999

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-10-14

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

9

Page End

22

Print ISSN

3009-6049

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3009-6022

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Engineering Research Journal (Shoubra)

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Flexural Performance of RC Slabs including Recycled Crumb Rubber (CR), Glass Powder (GP), and Steel Fibers (SFs)

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09 Mar 2025