Table 4.
S. no | Application of rubber /plastic | Type of Rubber/plastic | % of rubber | Tests conducted | Test results | References |
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1 | Modifier, binder, additive | Crumb rubber, PET | Penetration value, storage stability, rutting, fatigue resistance and inflated the rotational viscosity (RV) | Storage stability, rutting and fatigue resistance and inflated the rotational viscosity (RV) | Leng et al. (2018) | |
2 | Modifier | Crumb rubber, LDPE, HDPE | 2, 4, 8 and 10% | Rutting and cracking parameters | Reduced susceptibility to rutting and cracking | Khan et al. (2016) |
3 | Modifier | Crumb rubber tyre, LDPE | 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5% | Marshall stability value, viscosity, softening point and stiffness | Marshall stability more than 30%, viscosity, stiffness and softening point increased | Onyango et al. (2015) |
4 | Modifier | Waste plastic and crumb rubber | 2% waste plastic and 2% crumb rubber | Marshall quotient test, stability test | Stability increases, MQ value increased by 52% | Islam et al. (2016) |
5 | Modifier | Waste plastic and tyres | Softening point, penetration value, air voids, ductility test | Softening point increased, penetration value and voids decreased | Barad et al. (2015) | |
6 | Modifier | Waste plastic and crumb rubber |
Waste plastic 4, 6, 8, 10% Crumb rubber 5, 10, 15% |
Marshall stability test, penetration test, ductility test, softening point test | Strength of bitumen modified with plastic increased 16% but with crumb rubber increased 50% as compared to conventional concrete | Bansal et al. (2017) |