Interest in traditional unfired clay building materials has grown in the UK in recent years.
Although the use of traditional vernacular techniques, such as cob, adobe and rammed …

Interest in earth building materials has grown in the UK in recent years. Though the use of
traditional vernacular techniques, such as cob, adobe and rammed earth, have raised the …

This paper reports on the production of unfired clay masonry bricks at both laboratory and
industrial scales. The laboratory-scale bricks were produced at the University of Glamorgan …

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 …

There has been a resurgence in use of earth as a construction material largely driven by
environmental concerns. Extruded earth masonry is a method of earth brick production that …

Currently there is a growing pressure on energy efficiency for new buildings in the UK and
worldwide. This has arisen partly due to the increasing awareness of the public for …

Clay fired bricks are commonly encountered in the construction sector as infill between
structural frames. This system has been favoured by builders due to familiarity, ease of …

Modern earth masonry increasingly utilises conventional methods of extruded fired brick
production for the manufacture of unfired earth bricks. However, these bricks are not …

The flexural strength of masonry, which can be defined both parallel and perpendicular to
bed joints, is an important strength parameter especially in lightly loaded walls. Due to …

A study is presented on the use of a non-standard 40× 40× 40 mm 3 specimen for the
experimental measurement of the compressive strength of solid fired clay bricks extracted …