A Review – Manufacturing on Rubberized Concrete Filled Recycled Tire Rubber

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the potential use of recycled tire rubber in concrete. In Malaysia, rubber consumption of tires in January – June 2014, rose up to 8.4% from 0.388 million tonnes. These numbers keep on increasing year-over-year with the numbers of vehicles, as do the future problems relating to waste tires. Over the past few years, a number of researchers have studied on incorporated the waste tires into cement based materials. In an attempt to reduce the magnitude of this issue, recycled tire rubber has gained interest in concrete improvement. The used of recycled tire rubber in the reinforcement in concrete is considered as value added materials for sustainable development by reusing waste materials. It is believed that using waste tire rubber in concrete could be an alternative way to replace fine and coarse aggregate (sand and gravel) in improving the properties of concrete. Rubberized concretes can be used in architectural applications such as side walk pavement, nailing concrete, in road constructions where high strength is not necessary, outdoor playground mat, in wall panels that require low unit weight, in sound barriers as sound absorbers, and in railroads to fix the rails to the ground.