Investigation of fibre reinforced mud brick as a building material

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-318

  Binici, Hanifi ^a   Aksogan, Orhan ^a   Shah, Tahir ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Fibre reinforced; Mud brick; Polystyrene fabric; Straw

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DUCTILITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; LIMESTONE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAW; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FIBRE REINFORCED; MUD BRICK; POLYSTYRENE FABRIC;

BRICK;

BENTONITE; BRICK; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; DUCTILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAW; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 12444319311     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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