They say it's 5-6 times stronger than concrete but that's impossible. The plastic bricks would have to be glued together with insanely strong glue to make a wall as strong as concrete.
Whenever an article says something is stronger then concrete they always leave off the important part of the comparison, such as: "stronger then concrete by weight". In this case the plastic bricks are stronger then the compressive strength of concrete, the plastic is the binder not the bulk of the brick. These bricks are deforming but not breaking, giving a false reading of strength. Notice that they only use them as pavers. Try making a structure from hot glue and sand. Measuring a flexible material by compressive force is a false metric, they need to measure plastics by the tensile strength, ultimate elongation, yield point and modulus of elasticity.
Yea, I want to see the deformation cuves on this. Maybe these could be used as buffers?
I think there strength test was throwing it on the ground and watching it bounce. Then throwing a paver and watching it break.
My house is concrete with rebar every 18 inches. I'll survive a .50 hit, not sure the plastic blocks will.
BTW my base is 12" thick and the upper floor is 10". Plastic/sand brick would sag after time under a load, not to mention break down by our very dry climate.
They just wanted to showcase a bullshit story so they can further brainwash the masses
It didn't say that walls would be stronger than concrete walls. It said that the bricks were stronger than concrete blocks.
I would say that this is due to some shit tier "test". Like laying each one down on its side and putting it in a press. The plastic is already compressed and laying flat so it will take higher pressure to break it than a 12 inch block laying on its side with the air space there ready to be crushed.
It all depends on what kind of "tests" they used to determine strength.
Roads would be made out of plastic.
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