Design and Assessment of a Lightweight Polymer Concrete Utility Manhole

Table 1

Properties of cement concrete and polymer concrete adapted from Czarnecki and Lukowski [18] and Czarnecki [19].

Property	Cement concrete	Polymer concrete
Compressive strength, MPa	10–60	40–150
Flexural strength, MPa	1.5–7	4–50
Tensile strength, MPa	0.6–3.0	4–20
Modulus of elasticity, GPa	15–30	7–45
Poisson’s ratio	0.11–0.21	0.16–0.33
Water absorbability, %	4–10	0.5–3
Chemical resistance	Poor/average	Very good/excellent