Development of improved bricks (LM) and use of new technologies for ecological bricks (LE) elaboration

Zúñiga Suárez, Alonso R., Hernández Olivares, Francisco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2072-5044, Fernández Martínez, Francisco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3493-7996, Zúñiga, Berenice, Sánchez, Luis and Paladines, Juan (2017). Development of improved bricks (LM) and use of new technologies for ecological bricks (LE) elaboration. In: "Congreso Internacional de Construcción Sostenible y Soluciones Ecoeficientes (3º. 2017. Sevilla)", 27-29 marzo 2017, Sevilla - España. ISBN 978-84-617-8428-8. pp. 1194-1218.

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Title: Development of improved bricks (LM) and use of new technologies for ecological bricks (LE) elaboration
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Item Type: Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article)
Event Title: Congreso Internacional de Construcción Sostenible y Soluciones Ecoeficientes (3º. 2017. Sevilla)
Event Dates: 27-29 marzo 2017
Event Location: Sevilla - España
Title of Book: Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sustainable Construction and Eco-Efficient Solutions
Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-84-617-8428-8
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Faculty: E.T.S. Arquitectura (UPM)
Department: Otro
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

Brick is a material that has been widely used in construction sector, however, it has not received the necessary attention in order to improve its performance, which has resulted a general lack of knowledge about its manufacturing processes such as: clay mines over-exploitation, ignorance of mixtures dosages and greenhouse gas emissions from wood burning. This research therefore aims to find a suitable mixture to produce improved bricks (LM) by analysing its mechanical properties compared with handmade bricks (LPA). Besides, this research work uses the ?geo-polymerization? process for the preparation of ecological bricks (LE) at slightly high temperatures which gives a significant environmental benefit.In order to achieve the objectives, firstly, samples were characterized from mines by physical, chemical and mineralogical tests and then, it was determined the optimal mixture for LM and LE elaboration by evaluating its optimal factor (OF) according to the diametric compression test. In order to perform this test, specimens of different combination of materials and processes were elaborated. Once optimal mixtures were obtained, bricks were produced to measure their mechanical resistance by the performance of simple mechanical compression test. Results show that LM resistance is increased by 400% over handmade bricks from the study area. Moreover, the use of waste from mines as raw material for the elaboration of LE shows that their resistance value exceeds 150% of stablished in regulations.

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Item ID: 50573
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/50573/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:50573
Official URL: https://idus.us.es/xmlui/handle/11441/59467
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 21 May 2018 06:57
Last Modified: 21 May 2018 06:57
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