Use of by-products as additives in adobe bricks: Mechanical properties characterisation

Six by-products are used as additives in adobe bricks to study the variability of mechanical properties by a three level design of experiments and to evaluate optima formulations. Corn plant, fescue, straw, and grounded olive stones are agricultural by-products; and rubber crumbs and polyurethane ar...

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Autores: Serrano, Susana, Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila, Cabeza, Luisa F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/58522
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.01.044
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58522
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sun-dried brick
Compressive strength
Flexural strength
Design of experiments
Vegetal fibres
Pellets
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Sumario:Six by-products are used as additives in adobe bricks to study the variability of mechanical properties by a three level design of experiments and to evaluate optima formulations. Corn plant, fescue, straw, and grounded olive stones are agricultural by-products; and rubber crumbs and polyurethane are wastes used as transport and appliances by-products. Results show that the three-level design of experiments defines properly the governing equations of flexural and compression strength, furthermore it shows the interaction between them. A maximum improvement of 89% and 26% of flexural strength in corn plant and fescue types, respectively, is achieved.