A Comparative Study on Physical/Mechanical Properties of Polymer Concrete and Portland Cement Concrete

Polymer concretes (PC) were introduced to building and construction industry more than 50years ago. Gradually, they became a suitable substitute for concrete structures; however, their application was shortly diminished due to the higher costs.In this research a homemade cost-quality effective resin (unsaturated polyester) is used asbinder in the polymer concrete production. Laboratory specimens made and evaluated forphysical/mechanical tests. A comparative study was performed on the polymer concretespecimens, the ordinary Portland cement concrete (normal concrete) and the durableconcrete specimens. It was found that the PC materials show much betterphysical/mechanical properties than the durable concretes.