Polymers in construction: A brief review authors

Mohamed Amine Khadimallah, Imene Harbaoui, Muzamal Hussain, Amjad Qazaq, Elimam Ali and Abdelouahed Tounsi

Abstract

Polymers, particularly plastics, have been widely seen as an existential risk to the environment due to their contribution to pollution, carbon emissions and climate change. Many argue that it is possible to substantially ease the threat of plastics by engaging the public in reducing their use in day-to-day life and implementing efficient domestic waste management strategies. On the other hand, polymers and plastics in building and construction are considerably less problematic, if not attractive. In fact, the applications of polymers in construction have been continuously expanding. This is partly due to the developments made in this area being implemented within a sustainable development strategy. In this paper, the main applications of polymers in construction have been revisited and an overview of the research topics in each application has been briefly presented.

Key Words

applications; construction; overview; polymers; sustainable

Address

Mohamed Amine Khadimallah: College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, 12673, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia; Laboratory of Systems and Applied Mechanics, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Imene Harbaoui: Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Engineering LR-MAI, University Tunis El Manar-ENIT. BP37- Le belvédère, 1002, Tunis Muzamal Hussain: Department of Mathematics, Govt. College University Faisalabad, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan Amjad Qazaq: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Engineering, 12673, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia Elimam Ali: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Engineering, 12673, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia Abdelouahed Tounsi: YFL (Yonsei Frontier Lab), Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 31261 Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

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