Long-term engineering properties of recycled plastic lumber used in pier construction

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-258

  Breslin, Vincent T ^a   Senturk, Ufuk ^a   Berndt, Christopher C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering testing; Piers; Plastic; Plastic lumber; Recycling

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC LUMBER;

ELASTICITY TESTING; PIERS; PLASTIC BUILDING MATERIALS; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE UTILIZATION;

PLASTIC;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; PIER; PLASTIC; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; ENGINEERING; MATERIAL STATE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RECYCLING;

EID: 0032172057     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(98)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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