| dc.contributor.author | Niyigena, Alphonsine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-18T11:49:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-05-18T11:49:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-05-18 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Niyigena, Alphonsine. (2022). Development of plastics composite ceiling boards. (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation) Makerere University; Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/12705 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to the College of Engineering Design and Art in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering of Makerere University. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This project was aimed at reducing ad recycling plastic waste and rice husk from our
environment thereby reducing environmental pollution resulting from the management/disposal
of these waste materials. In this research, some physical properties of composite ceiling board
materials made from plastic waste and rice husk, as developed at the Civil Engineering
Laboratory of the MUKASA Timothy, were investigated to determine their suitability for use in
low-cost construction work. The results obtained showed that the flexural strength ranged
between 0.3N/mm2 and 3.6N/mm2, water absorption values of between 5.6% and 5.89%; thermal
conductivity values of between 0.07kW/MK and 0.082kW/MK as well as density values of
690kg/m3 and 900kg/m3 These values obtained were compared with those of the conventional
ceiling boards and it was observed that these composite materials can be used for internal
lowcost construction work. It is highly recommended that small and medium enterprises be
encouraged to venture into waste recycling and the production of this composite ceiling materials
to create jobs for skilled and unskilled labour that are locally available | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Plastics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ceiling boards | en_US |
| dc.title | Development of plastics composite ceiling boards. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
