Engineering properties of unfired clay masonry bricks

Engineering Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 130-139

  Oti, J E ^a   Kinuthia, J M ^a   Bai, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bricks; Clay; Compressive strength; Freezing; Masonry; Slag; Sustainability; Thawing; Unfired

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLAY BRICKS; CLAY MATERIALS; CLAY SOIL; CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS; DURABILITY ASSESSMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; ENGINEERING STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FREEZING/THAWING; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; HIGH ENERGY USAGE; INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL TRIAL; KNOWLEDGE EXPLOITATION; LOW COSTS; MASONRY; MASONRY BRICKS; MASONRY UNITS; MASONRY WALLS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH; STABILISATION; STRENGTH VALUES; SUSTAINABILITY; UNFIRED;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOUNDATIONS; FREEZING; GLOBAL WARMING; HOUSING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LIME; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; PORTLAND CEMENT; RETAINING WALLS; SLAGS; SOIL CEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; STABILITY; STANDARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THAWING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; FREEZING; MASONRY; THAWING;

EID: 67651036208     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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