Shrinkage Behavior of Stabilized Earth Bricks Reinforced with Wheat and Barley Straw
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Sample Preparation
2.2.1. Preparation of Bricks without Fibres
2.2.2. Sample Preparation with Fibres
2.3. Dry Density
2.4. Microscopy of Earth Bricks
2.5. Moisture Content Desorption Procedure
2.6. Shrinkage Test Procedure
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Shrinkage for Bricks Stabilized with Cement and Gypsum without Reinforcement Fibers
3.1.1. Moisture Desorption Behavior of Bricks without Fibres and Stabilized with Cement and Gypsum
3.1.2. Brick Length Shrinkage
3.1.3. Brick Width Shrinkage
3.1.4. Brick Height Shrinkage
3.2. Shrinkage Behavior for Bricks Reinforced with Wheat and Barley Straw and Stabilized with Cement and Gypsum
3.2.1. Brick Density
3.2.2. Microscopy of Earth Bricks
3.2.3. Shrinkage Behavior
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Recipes | Cement | Gypsum | ||||
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Mixing ratio | 1% | 2.5% | 5% | 1% | 2.5% | 5% |
Earth Brick Recipes | Wheat (%) | Gypsum (%) | Barley (%) | Cement (%) | Clay (%) |
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Clay | - | - | - | - | 100 |
B1 | - | - | 1 | - | 99 |
W1 | 1 | - | - | - | 99 |
B3 | - | - | 3 | - | 97 |
W3 | 3 | - | - | - | 97 |
B1C5 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 94 |
W1C5 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 94 |
B1C10 | - | - | 1 | 10 | 89 |
W1C10 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 89 |
B3C5 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 92 |
W3C5 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 92 |
B3C10 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 87 |
W3C10 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 87 |
B1G5 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 94 |
W1G5 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 94 |
B1G10 | - | 10 | 1 | - | 89 |
W1G10 | 1 | 10 | - | - | 89 |
B3G5 | - | 5 | 3 | - | 92 |
W3G5 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 92 |
B3G10 | - | 10 | 3 | - | 87 |
W3G10 | 3 | 10 | - | - | 87 |
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Ashour, T.; Korjenic, A.; Abdelfattah, A.; Sesto, E.; Wu, W. Shrinkage Behavior of Stabilized Earth Bricks Reinforced with Wheat and Barley Straw. Sustainability 2023, 15, 16254. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316254
Ashour T, Korjenic A, Abdelfattah A, Sesto E, Wu W. Shrinkage Behavior of Stabilized Earth Bricks Reinforced with Wheat and Barley Straw. Sustainability. 2023; 15(23):16254. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316254
Chicago/Turabian StyleAshour, Taha, Azra Korjenic, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Eldira Sesto, and Wei Wu. 2023. "Shrinkage Behavior of Stabilized Earth Bricks Reinforced with Wheat and Barley Straw" Sustainability 15, no. 23: 16254. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316254