Structural Behaviour of Masonry Walls Made with Ecological Bricks
Tomme: 66 (70) Fascicle: 2 | 2020
Pages: 47-54
Abstract text:
he aim of this research is to obtain an environment friendly construction product as a brick unit based on wooden waste incorporated in concrete used for structural elements in case of low-rise building. This paper presents the structural behaviour of masonry walls made from hollow blocks with recycled wood chips. The influence of the percentage of wood chips variation, as well as of the length of the structural wall, on the load-bearing capacity of the masonry made with blocks that include wooden waste was analysed. The study highlights that the variation, from 4 to 6 m, of the wall length significantly influences the load-bearing capacity of the analysed masonry, while the variation of the percentage of wooden waste as wood chips relative to the volume of aggregates, 25% and 50%, causes small changes in achieving the bending or shear capacity of the masonry made with ecological blocks.
Key Words:
ecological block; wooden waste; environment friendly; light aggregate; bearing capacity
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