Reusability assessment of thermoset polymeric composite wastes as reinforcement...

• Author(s): Ribeiro, M. C. S. ; Dinis, M. L. ; Fiúza, António ; Castro, Ana Cristina Meira ; Silva, Francisco J. G. ; Meixedo, João Paulo ; Costa, C. ; Ferreira, F. ; Alvim, Mário Rui
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/4772
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): Recycling; GFRP wastes; Polymer mortars; Compressive and flexural behavior
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

The development and applications of thermoset polymeric composites, namely fiber reinforced polymers (FRP), have shifted in the last decades more and more into the mass market [1]. Production and consume have increased tremendously mainly for the construction, transportation and automobile sectors [2, 3]. Although the many successful uses of thermoset composite materials, recycling process of byproducts and end of lifecycle products constitutes a more difficult issue. The perceived lack of recyclability of composite materials is now increasingly important and seen as a key barrier to the development or even continued used of these materials in some markets.