The use of industrial waste and/or by-products as alternative sources of raw materials in
building materials has become standard practice. The result, more sustainable construction …

Owing to the high demand for construction materials, the construction sector plays an
important role in assessing different types of agricultural and mirror industry residues …

The study of pores in historic bricks is important for characterizing and comparing brick
materials, evaluating the degree of deterioration, predicting behavior in future weathering …

Comprehensive quantitative characterization of the pore structures of ancient city wall bricks
is important for predicting the durability of historical masonry buildings. However, in most …

The development and improvement of brick materials is still based on empirical knowledge
and large testing series. To enable a physically based optimization in terms of thermal and …

Abstract Microcomputed-tomography (micro-CT) is a 3D imaging method capable of
revealing the complete inner structure of materials. Besides imaging, micro-CT also provides …

Many architectural heritages in China are built with ancient white bricks (AWB), which
behave very differently from traditional blue and red bricks. Indeed, AWB buildings have …

This paper presents an experimental study on the properties, structure and durability (frost
resistance: one-side and all-sides freezing and thawing method) of fired clay bricks …

In recent years, China has increased the material utilization of crop straw, and the strength of
straw–mortar composite wall materials is low, which limits their large-scale utilization …

Generally, brick buildings are in the open-air environment year round, and damage to them
is aggravated by the effect of repeated freezing and thawing cycles. In order to determine …