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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Scrap tires"”.
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Solid waste disposal and enforcement with an application to Virginia's scrap tires
… of a policy aimed at solving Virginia's scrap tire disposal problem. The policy options considered are criminal enforcement, regulatory enforcement, and subsidies. The results of the case study indicate that in every case criminal enforcement is more expensive than regulatory enforcement. …
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Comprehensive investigation of using tire-derived aggregate in chip seal subjected to various traffic and environmental conditions
… United States. Using crumb rubber obtained from scrap tires as a partial or full replacement for mineral aggregate has been proposed as a sustainable solution to reduce the negative environmental impacts of scrap tire accumulation and excessive consumption of natural resources. However, there was …
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Feasibility and assessment of using recycled rubber for infrastructure applications
… each year. At the same time, millions of scrap tires are stockpiled every year. Therefore, replacing natural aggregate with recycled crumb rubber aggregate will be beneficial to the construction industry and environment. This research aimed to investigate the feasibility of using recycled …
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Performance Evaluation of Asphalt Mixtures with Tire Rubber Modified Binder
… problem. One effective solution for recycling scrap tires is to use them as an asphalt modifier for paving applications.The necessity of recognizing the performance of terminal blend tire rubber modified asphalt binder (TTR) hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures is imperative to keep improving the …
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Application of visco-hyperelastic devices in structural response control
… An initial study was conducted on motorcycle tires to evaluate the hyperelastic behavior and energy dissipation potential of circular rubber elements, which was preceded by preliminary finite element modeling. The rubber tires provided considerable energy dissipation while displaying a …
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Exhaust gas emissions from a prototype scrap tire incinerator/wastewater treatment plant sludge dryer
… measured the emissions from an experimental scrap tire incinerator/wastewater treatment plant sludge dryer. This report recounts the techniques used and the results obtained during this testing. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality supplied a list of pollutants of permitting …