• Govind Gourav Mishra
• Dr. D.K.Jain

Durability of cement concrete plays a very important role in performance and life expectancy of RCC Structures. Ingress of water and harmful gases present in atmosphere causes deterioration of concrete and reinforcement steel leading to failure of the structure much before its designed life expectancy. Researchers have tried many materials and methods to increase the durability of the concrete. In this research study waste/used Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) flex banner is used to increase the durability of the concrete. PVC flex banner is used in this research as it is not only a plastic waste available in abundance but also it is having many desirable properties like flexibility, water resistance, high strength in itself due to polyester yarn fabric inside it, high abrasion resistance, long life etc. There are number of tests carried out in construction industry to find out the durability of the concrete. Water absorption test is one of the most direct measure of durability of concrete as durability is inversely proportionate to water absorption. In this work water absorption test is carried out on concrete cubes to find out usefulness of waste flex banners in reducing water absorption. Flexure tests on concrete beam wrapped with flex banner is also carried out to observe behaviour of wrapped beam during failure. It is found that the waste PVC flex banner can be effectively used in increasing the durability of concrete by reducing the water absorption. The same can be used in concrete structures with certain precautions so that warning signs during failure are visible.

Waste PVC Flex Banner, Solid Waste Management, Water absorption Test, Durability of Concrete, Flexure Test on concrete.

"Improving Durability of Concrete using PVC Waste Flex Banner", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.314-318, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907T15.pdf

"Improving Durability of Concrete using PVC Waste Flex Banner", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp314-318, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907T15.pdf