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Energy efficient production of clay bricks using industrial waste
Heliyon, 2018 Clay brick manufacturing is a sector which involves a lot of firing processes requiring higher temperature. To maintain this temperature, large amount of fuel in the form of wood, coal, biomass etc.
Mary Lissy P.N. +4 more
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Brick Manufacturing by Amalgamation of Sludge and Glass Powder
, 2022 Waste may be defined as unwanted materials generated after the manufacturing process from industry, agriculture or from household activities. Waste causes many nuisances in environment. It creates many infectious diseases for living beings. The greatest solid waste disposal problems are from sludge generated by municipal wastewater treatment plants ...
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Experimental investigation of mortar mechanical properties for glass brick masonry [PDF]
, 2019 The main advantage of solid bricks over hollow blocks is substantially higher compressive strength. On the other hand, solid bricks have much higher thermal conductivity, which would lead to major heat loss when used for exterior walls.
Sokol Z., Fíla J., Eliášová M.
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Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2023 Urbanization, industrialization, and economic growth all contribute to the rising demand for bricks. The world is heading towards sustainable, eco-friendly, recyclable materials to enhance the circular economy and mitigate the issues of carbon footprint,
Sikandar Ali Khokhar +4 more
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Mechanical properties of solid glass bricks
Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST), 2019 Glass as one of the oldest building materials has been used for centuries to fill window openings. In recent years is it increasingly used also for load-bearing structural elements such as beams, columns, ribs, railings, etc. In addition to flat glass and hollow glass blocks, which have been used historically for non-load-bearing partitions and facades,
Jiří Fíla +2 more
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Energy Efficiency and Recycled Building Materials in Case of Cellular Glass - Glass Brick [PDF]
American Journal of Energy Research, 2014 Building material and components play a crucial role in solar buildings construction and planning. The literature review of the research emphasize that solar architecture and building integration is in need of some productive design strategies which focuses on reuse of recycled building materials.
Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad +3 more
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Manufacture of Load Bearing Concrete Masonry Units Using Waste Demolishing Material
Journal of Engineering, 2023 The presence of construction wastes such as clay bricks, glass, wood, plastic, and others in large quantities causes serious environmental problems in the world.
Tahseen Fadil Abbas, Zena K. Abbas
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Mutations in Burnt-Clay Brick Properties attributable to Waste Glass
Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2021 Recently, the need of high living standards and developments in modern technology have significantly increased the usage of throwaway glass products. The use of these waste glass products in the production of construction materials (especially bricks) is
Ahsan Ali +4 more
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Monitoring of radon concentration for different building types in Covenant University, Nigeria
Cogent Engineering, 2020 Radon monitoring is essential in determining the actual level of exposure in buildings. Of all the reviewed works on indoor radon level, little to none was done on comparative radon concentration study of different building structures in the study area ...
M. R. Usikalu +5 more
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Research of technology of silicate brick production with the use of glass
Bulletin of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Construction, 2021 The article discusses research in the field of technology for the manufacture of silicate bricks using cullet. The use of recycled glass in the production of silicate bricks is one of the hot topics for the production of energy efficient products.
N.B. Adilova +2 more
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