Analysis of sustainable concrete made from cigarette butts on bending strength

Abstract

In the research in the methodological aspect, the concrete mixture was designed, based on the ACI 211.1 standard; Cigarette butt fibers were included in the material with which the concrete was made to reuse materials that are polluting, and in this way a sustainable concrete was made. For the analysis and results, a press was used to test the compression pieces established by the NMX-C-083-ONNCCE-2014 Standard for concrete specimens. In the laboratory, the bending test was carried out with the NMX-C-191-ONNCCE-2015 in nine concrete beams, in a concrete sample the fibers of cigarette butt were added, in another polypropylene fibers were used, and a third sample of concrete without any fibers. The research concludes that the reuse of cigarette butt fibers to make hydraulic concrete will help reduce environmental pollution. The results of the compression tests were satisfactory for a concrete with f'c = 350 kg / cm2. Bending test tests on concrete beams met MR = 45 kg / cm2. Both design resistors.