The present study aims at replacing virgin polypropylene with a percentage of recycled plastics to assess the impact of this substitution on the mechanical properties of the original material. Homogenization is employed in order to predict the mechanical properties of the mixtures and verification is performed by considering tensile tests for each blend and mechanical properties are compared. Homogenised material properties achieved from numerical analysis and properties achieved from experiments are comparable with an error between 10\% to 20\%; such uncertainties might be connected with the unknown perfect mix present in the blend between the virgin and the recycled parts.
Vidwans, A., DEGLI ESPOSTI, M., Fabbri, P., Dib, A., Agnelli, J., Pierattini, A., et al. (In stampa/Attività in corso). Numerical and experimental analysis and verification of plastics derived from post-consumer plastic wastes. MECHANICS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 0, 1-23.
Numerical and experimental analysis and verification of plastics derived from post-consumer plastic wastes
Micaela Degli Esposti;Paola Fabbri;Antoine Dib;Jacopo Agnelli;Nicholas Fantuzzi
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Abstract
The present study aims at replacing virgin polypropylene with a percentage of recycled plastics to assess the impact of this substitution on the mechanical properties of the original material. Homogenization is employed in order to predict the mechanical properties of the mixtures and verification is performed by considering tensile tests for each blend and mechanical properties are compared. Homogenised material properties achieved from numerical analysis and properties achieved from experiments are comparable with an error between 10\% to 20\%; such uncertainties might be connected with the unknown perfect mix present in the blend between the virgin and the recycled parts.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
