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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/archiving/1.4/xsd/JATS-archive-oasis-article1-4-mathml3.xsd" article-type="research-article" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Nanotechnologies in Construction: A Scientific Internet-Journal</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2075-8545</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">ООО &quot;Центр новых технологий &quot;НаноСтроительство&quot;</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15828/2075-8545-2026-18-2-254-264</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">WTOZCP</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Fine-grained concrete with recycled polyvinyl chloride fiber</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9612-7190</contrib-id><name><surname>Larsen</surname><given-names>O. A.</given-names></name><bio><p>Cand. Sci. (Technics), Associate Professor; Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Associate Professor</p></bio><email>larsen.oksana@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1724-4903</contrib-id><name><surname>Alobaidi</surname><given-names>D.</given-names></name><bio><p>Cand. Sci. (Technics); Cand. Sci. (Eng.), lecturer, Ministry of Education General Directorate of Al-Qadisiyah Education, Al Diwaniyah</p></bio><email>dheyaa.alobaidi@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3523-593X</contrib-id><name><surname>Samchenko</surname><given-names>S. V.</given-names></name><bio><p>Dr. Sci. (Technics), Full Professor; Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor</p></bio><email>samchenko@list.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><city>Moscow</city><institution>National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering</institution></aff><aff id="aff2"><city>Al-Diwaniya</city><institution>Ministry of Education General Directorate of Al-Qadisiyah Education, Al Diwaniyah</institution></aff><author-notes><fn fn-type="coi-statement"><p>The authors declare no conflicts of interests.</p></fn></author-notes><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-20"><day>20</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>254</fpage><lpage>264</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-03-06"><day>06</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-04-12"><day>12</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© 2026 O. A. Larsen, D. Alobaidi, S. V. Samchenko</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder>O. A. Larsen, D. Alobaidi, S. V. Samchenko</copyright-holder><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)</ext-link> License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://nanobuild.ru/en_EN/journal/Nanobuild-2-2026/254-264.pdf" xlink:title="URL">https://nanobuild.ru/en_EN/journal/Nanobuild-2-2026/254-264.pdf</self-uri><abstract><p>Introduction. Polymer fiber is widely used in the production of structural concrete components, in shotcrete for tunnels, concrete slabs, blast-resistant concrete, and solid road pavements. Recently, numerous studies have been devoted to the use of fibers derived from recycled polymers in fiber-reinforced concrete. Most of these studies address the effect of fiber on the compressive, flexural and tensile strength properties of concrete. Fibers of various lengths based on nylon, aramid, polyester, polyethylene terephthal-ate, polypropylene, polyvinyl alcohol, and polyvinyl chloride are used in concrete. However, the insufficient amount of data, or its complete absence, regarding the effect on the properties of concrete with polymer fibers based on recycled PVC necessitates further research, which is particularly relevant given the generation of significant volumes of PVC waste during the production of plastic windows. Materials and methods. The electron microscopy and thermomechanical analyses (TMA) were used to investigate the properties of PVC-based polymer fibers. The effect of the polymer fiber on properties of fine-grained concrete mixtures and hardened concrete, the standard testing methods were used, including the determination of workability by flow table test diameter on a vibrating plate, the average density of concrete mixtures and concrete, and tensile strength under flexural and compressive loading. Results. It is shown the positive effect of the grinding process determined by electron microscopy, which produces a rough surface and fibers of 2.5-4 cm in length, 1.75-4 mm in width, and 0.2-0.3 mm in thickness. It is established that the PVC-based fiber belongs to amorphous polymers of linear structure with a crystallization temperature of 86.4 °C and a destruction temperature of 208.91 °C. It is determined that the optimal fiber content in concrete does not impair the workability of concrete mixtures or affect their cohesion. It is shown that the addition of PVC-based fiber to fine-grained concrete in amount up to 1.2% increases the concrete density of 1.6 times, increases flexural tensile strength by 22%, and has no effect on compressive strength. Conclusion. Conducted studies confirm the feasibility of using polyvinyl chloride-based fiber as a component of fine-grained concretes. However, there is the lack of sufficient data of fiber introduction method in concrete which requires additional scientific research to prevent fiber clumping, establish its compatibility with chemical additives added to the concrete mixture and the effect of curing conditions.</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>portland cement</kwd><kwd>fiber-reinforced concrete</kwd><kwd>fiber</kwd><kwd>recycled polyvinyl chloride</kwd><kwd>workability</kwd><kwd>strength</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ack><p>The research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (RF), Project FSWG-2026-0003.</p></ack><ref-list><ref id="ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation>Rusanov V.E., Maslov P.S., Alekseev V.A. On the Effectiveness of Using Fiber Concrete Structures in Underground Construction. Experience and Prospects. Nanotechnologies in Construction. 2024;16(3):276-287. https://doi.org/10.15828/2075-8545-2023-16-3-276-287. - EDN. FAEQWR. 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