Bruno, A

Gallipoli, D

Perlot, C

Perlot C

Gallipoli D

Bruno A

Archivio istituzionale della ricerca - Università di Genova

Effect of quick firing on the hygro-mechanical behaviour of earth bricks

\ua9 2019 International Committee of the SCMT conferences. All rights reserved.This paper presents the effect of quick firing on the compressive strength and moisture adsorption capacity of earth bricks manufactured according to three different methods, i.e. extrusion, standard Proctorcompaction and hypercompaction to 100 MPa. All bricks were fired inside an electrical furnace by rising the temperature at a quick rate of about 9 \ub0C per minute to 280, 455, 640, 825 and 1000 \ub0C, after which the furnace was turned off and left to cool to the atmosphere with the brick inside it. Results show that quick firing of hypercompacted bricks at moderate temperatures, between 455 and 640 \ub0C, is enough to attain very high levels of compressive strength, between 29 and 34 MPa, and a good moisture adsorption capacity. The strength of hypercompacted bricks further increases to 53 MPa, a value similar to that of high-strength concrete, after quick firing at 825 \ub0C. Hence, the combination of hypercompaction and quick firing improves material performance while enabling a significant reduction of firing temperatures and times compared to current bricks production methods

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Effect of quick firing on the hygro-mechanical behaviour of earth bricks

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