Thermal isolation and mechanical properties of fibre reinforced mud bricks as wall materials

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 901-906

  Binici, Hanifi ^a   Aksogan, Orhan ^b   Bodur, Mehmet Nuri ^a   Akca, Erhan ^b   Kapur, Selim ^b  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Fibre reinforced mud brick; Stabilisers; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYSTYRENES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION; WASTES;

FIBRE REINFORCED MUD BRICKS; PLASTIC FIBERS; STABILISERS; WALL MATERIALS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 33845326803     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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