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Durrans, D, Lee, D and Sadique, M (2022) Application of concrete encased ecobrick blocks in the UK’s construction industry. Kufa Journal of Engineering, 13 (4). pp. 70-89. ISSN 2071-5528
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Abstract
The construction industry within the UK is at the forefront of new and alternative materials, which aid in efficient, sustainable and environmental-friendly construction projects. The concept of filling a single use plastic bottle with plastic waste and encasing it within a concrete surround, producing a composite block meets all three objectives. Due to the lack of ecobrick research within the UK, it became the catalyst for researching the concrete encased ecobrick block. At 7 day compressive testing the composite blocks were all weaker than the control samples and at 28 days the results were mixed. In comparison to a global study (Oman) the composite blocks were all greater in compressive strength. In conclusion, the composite blocks were found to be adequate for non-load bearing structural elements within the UK’s construction industry.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TH Building construction |
| Divisions: | Civil Engineering & Built Environment |
| Publisher: | University of Kufa |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2023 13:16 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2023 11:57 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.30572/2018/kje/130406 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/18681 |
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