[HTML][HTML] Recycling of waste HDPE and PP plastic in preparation of plastic brick and its mechanical properties

P Kulkarni, V Ravekar, PR Rao, S Waigokar… - Cleaner Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Brick is a primary building material that is often utilized in the construction of masonry.
Conventionally, brick is made up of dried clay and recently many studies have focused on …

Review of recent progress on the compressive behavior of masonry prisms

GH Nalon, JCL Ribeiro, LG Pedroti, RM da Silva… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Masonry prisms have been widely used in research and quality control of masonry
structures, as they are simplified models that can represent the interaction between different …

Soft computing-based models for the prediction of masonry compressive strength

PG Asteris, PB Lourenço, M Hajihassani… - Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Masonry is a building material that has been used in the last 10.000 years and remains
competitive today for the building industry. The compressive strength of masonry is used in …

Investigation of agro-forestry and construction demolition wastes in alkali-activated fly ash bricks as sustainable building materials

S Singh, MM Dalbehera, S Maiti, RS Bisht, NB Balam… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Production of burnt clay bricks, cement and burning of agricultural/forestry wastes are
responsible for major greenhouse gases emission. The present work investigate the effect of …

Compressive strength and deformation characteristics of concrete block masonry made with different mortars, blocks and mortar beddings types

T Zahra, J Thamboo, M Asad - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Concrete hollow block masonry is widely used in North American and Australasian countries
because it enables to accommodate grouting and reinforcement to resist higher axial and …

Prediction of masonry prism strength using machine learning technique: Effect of dimension and strength parameters

N Sathiparan, P Jeyananthan - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
The compressive strength of masonry must be determined to design masonry constructions.
Although the compressive strength of masonry mostly depends on the compressive strength …

Influence of prism geometry on the compressive strength of concrete masonry

A Abasi, R Hassanli, T Vincent, A Manalo - Construction and Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
The compressive strength of concrete masonry depends on the dimensions of the test
prisms. The available international masonry codes apply correction factors based on the …

Experimental investigation on the effectiveness of lateral restrainers to the vertical steel in reinforced masonry walls under axial compression

T Zahra, J Thamboo, M Asad, M Song - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Reinforced masonry (RM) walls are mostly used in low to mid rise residential/industrial
buildings in cyclonic and seismic regions. They are conventionally constructed with grout …

Assessment of the characteristics of lime mortar bonded brickwork wallettes under monotonic and cyclic compression

J Thamboo, M Dhanasekar - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Lime mortar bonded brickwork loadbearing walls are widely employed in many colonial
period structures around the world; however, most of the research articles on masonry …

Masonry does not limit itself to only one structural material: Interlocked masonry versus cohesive masonry

P Foraboschi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Masonry is used as an all-embracing term referring to built-up construction of building units
(bricks, stones, or blocks), usually with mortar joints. This paper shows that, in the area of …