Engineering properties of cemented peat bricks
Housing is a great problem in today’s world and the world future. The most basic building material for infrastructure construction and housing is the usual brick or blocks. Conventional bricks, which are burnt clay, create environmental problems. The purpose for this study was undertaken on the prod...
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| description | Housing is a great problem in today’s world and the world future. The most basic building material for infrastructure construction and housing is the usual brick or blocks. Conventional bricks, which are burnt clay, create environmental problems. The purpose for this study was undertaken on the production of peat; siliceous sand, composite cement and lime solid bricks to solve the economic problems of housing and construction building by utilizing local materials. The compressive strength, water absorption and density of these bricks were investigated. It was observed that these bricks had sufficient strength for their use in low cost housing development. Tests were also conducted to study the influence of curing type on the increase in strength and hardening of the bricks with time. |
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| spelling | upm-233382018-10-18T06:56:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23338/ Engineering properties of cemented peat bricks Deboucha, Sadek Hashim, Roslan Abdul Aziz, Azlan Housing is a great problem in today’s world and the world future. The most basic building material for infrastructure construction and housing is the usual brick or blocks. Conventional bricks, which are burnt clay, create environmental problems. The purpose for this study was undertaken on the production of peat; siliceous sand, composite cement and lime solid bricks to solve the economic problems of housing and construction building by utilizing local materials. The compressive strength, water absorption and density of these bricks were investigated. It was observed that these bricks had sufficient strength for their use in low cost housing development. Tests were also conducted to study the influence of curing type on the increase in strength and hardening of the bricks with time. Academic Journals 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23338/1/23338.pdf Deboucha, Sadek and Hashim, Roslan and Abdul Aziz, Azlan (2011) Engineering properties of cemented peat bricks. Scientific Research and Essays, 6 (8). art. no. 3E8CE1120560. pp. 1732-1739. ISSN 1992-2248 http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/SRE/article-abstract/3E8CE1120560 10.5897/SRE09.615 |
| spellingShingle | Deboucha, Sadek Hashim, Roslan Abdul Aziz, Azlan Engineering properties of cemented peat bricks |
| title | Engineering properties of cemented peat bricks |
| title_full | Engineering properties of cemented peat bricks |
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| title_short | Engineering properties of cemented peat bricks |
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