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Oti, Jonathan
University of South Wales
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Publications (22/22 displayed)
- 2024Development of low carbon concrete and prospective of geopolymer concrete using lightweight coarse aggregate and cement replacement materialscitations
- 2023Physico-Mechanical Evaluation of Geopolymer Concrete Activated by Sodium Hydroxide and Silica Fume-Synthesised Sodium Silicate Solutioncitations
- 2022Performance of sustainable road pavements founded on clay subgrades treated with eco-friendly cementitious materialscitations
- 2022Evaluation of the structural performance of low carbon concretecitations
- 2020Mechanical properties and microstructure of fibre-reinforced clay blended with by-product cementitious materialscitations
- 2016Engineering Properties of Concrete made with Brick Dust Waste
- 2015Heating and Cooling Scenario of Blended Concrete Subjected to 780 Degrees Celsius
- 2015Development of stabilised brick and mortar using biomass wastecitations
- 2015The Use of Palm Kernel Shell and Ash for Concrete Production
- 2012Stabilised unfired clay bricks for environmental and sustainable usecitations
- 2012Designed non-fired clay mixes for sustainable and low carbon usecitations
- 2010Freeze-thaw of stabilised clay brickcitations
- 2010Unfired clay masonry bricks incorporating slate wastecitations
- 2010Design thermal values for unfired clay brickscitations
- 2010Engineering properties of concrete made with slate wastecitations
- 2010Sustainable masonry mortar for brick joint and plaster in the UKcitations
- 2009Engineering properties of unfired clay masonry brickscitations
- 2009Compressive strength and microstructural analysis of unfired clay masonry brickscitations
- 2009Unfired clay bricks: from laboratory to industrial productioncitations
- 2008Using Slag for Unfired-Clay Masonry-Brickscitations
- 2008Innovative Building Materials: Manufactured Bricks Using By-products of an Industrial Process
- 2008Developing unfired stabilised building materials in the UKcitations
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Engineering properties of unfired clay masonry bricks
Abstract
The shortage of low cost and affordable housing in the UK has led to many investigations into new building masonry materials. Fired clay masonry bricks are conventionally used for mainstream masonry wall construction but suffer from the rising price of energy plus other related environmental problems such as high energy usage and carbon dioxide emission. The use of stabilised unfired clay bricks for masonry construction may solve these problems. This paper reports on the engineering properties of unfired clay bricks produced during the first industrial trial of unfired clay material development carried out at Hanson Brick Company, in Stewartby, Bedfordshire, under the Knowledge Exploitation Fund (KEF) Collaborative Industrial Research Project (CIRP) programme. The mixes were formulated using a locally available industrial by-product (Ground Granulated Blastfurnace Slag — GGBS) which is activated with an alkaline (lime or Portland cement) combined with clay soil. Portland cement was not used in the formulation of the unfired stabilised masonry bricks, except as a control, which is a significant scientific breakthrough for the building industry. Another breakthrough is the fact that only about 1.5% lime was used for GGBS activation. This level of lime is not sufficient for most road construction applications where less strength values are needed and where 3–8% lime is required for effective soil stabilisation. Hence, the final pricing of the unfired clay bricks is expected to be relatively low. The laboratory results demonstrate that the compressive strength, moisture content, rate of water absorption, percentage of void, density and durability assessment (repeated 24-hour freezing/thawing cycles) were all within the acceptable engineering standards for clay masonry units. The paper also discusses on the environmental performance of the unfired clay in comparison to the bricks, used in mainstream construction of today. The bricks produced using this technology can be used for low-medium cost housing and energy efficient masonry wall construction.