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Effect of Peat on Physicomechanical Properties of Cemented Brick

The popularity of low cost, lightweight, and environmentally affable masonry unit in building industry carries the need to investigate more flexible and adaptable brick component as well as to retain the requirements confirmed in building standards. In this study, potential use of local materials us...

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Autores principales: Islam, Syed Mofachirul, Hashim, Roslan, Islam, A. B. M. Saiful, Kurnia, Ryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24982941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/328516
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author Islam, Syed Mofachirul
Hashim, Roslan
Islam, A. B. M. Saiful
Kurnia, Ryan
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description The popularity of low cost, lightweight, and environmentally affable masonry unit in building industry carries the need to investigate more flexible and adaptable brick component as well as to retain the requirements confirmed in building standards. In this study, potential use of local materials used as lightweight building materials in solving the economic problems of housing has been investigated. Experimental studies on peat added bricks have been carried out. It demonstrates the physicomechanical properties of bricks and investigates the influence of peat, sand, and cement solid bricks to the role of various types of constructional applications. The achieved compressive strength, spitting strength, flexural strength, unit weight, and ultrasonic pulse velocity are significantly reduced and the water absorption is increased with percentage wise replacement of peat as aggregate in the samples. The maximum 20% of (% mass) peat content meets the requirements of relevant well-known international standards. The experimental values illustrate that, the 44% volumetric replacement with peat did not exhibit any sudden brittle fracture even beyond the ultimate loads and a comparatively smooth surface is found. The application of peat as efficient brick substance shows a potential to be used for wall and a viable solution in the economic buildings design.
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spelling pubmed-40050512014-06-30 Effect of Peat on Physicomechanical Properties of Cemented Brick Islam, Syed Mofachirul Hashim, Roslan Islam, A. B. M. Saiful Kurnia, Ryan ScientificWorldJournal Research Article The popularity of low cost, lightweight, and environmentally affable masonry unit in building industry carries the need to investigate more flexible and adaptable brick component as well as to retain the requirements confirmed in building standards. In this study, potential use of local materials used as lightweight building materials in solving the economic problems of housing has been investigated. Experimental studies on peat added bricks have been carried out. It demonstrates the physicomechanical properties of bricks and investigates the influence of peat, sand, and cement solid bricks to the role of various types of constructional applications. The achieved compressive strength, spitting strength, flexural strength, unit weight, and ultrasonic pulse velocity are significantly reduced and the water absorption is increased with percentage wise replacement of peat as aggregate in the samples. The maximum 20% of (% mass) peat content meets the requirements of relevant well-known international standards. The experimental values illustrate that, the 44% volumetric replacement with peat did not exhibit any sudden brittle fracture even beyond the ultimate loads and a comparatively smooth surface is found. The application of peat as efficient brick substance shows a potential to be used for wall and a viable solution in the economic buildings design. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4005051/ /pubmed/24982941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/328516 Text en Copyright © 2014 Syed Mofachirul Islam et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort effect of peat on physicomechanical properties of cemented brick
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24982941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/328516
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