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Abstract(s)
The main goal of this study is to assess the behaviour of soil–cement blocks with incorporation of
organic wastes. The problem of waste accumulation exists worldwide and has become a concern
in today’s society, leading to enormous environmental damage. One of the possibilities for reducing
their environmental impact is the reuse of these wastes in new materials. However, incorporating
waste changes the mechanical, physical and thermal properties of the new material. In order
to evaluate the potential use of waste in blocks composition, laboratory tests were conducted
and the results were analysed. This article presents the fire behaviour of ecological soil–cement
blocks with waste incorporation. Therefore, an experimental programme was performed using
samples of wall panel with soil–cement blocks. The wall specimen under fire conditions was also
analysed by a non-linear transient finite element numerical model, in time and temperature
domains, and the numerical and experimental temperature fields were compared
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Keywords
Soil–cement blocks Sustainable construction Organic wastes Fire resistance
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Ferreira, Débora; Luso, Eduarda; Cruz, Maria Lurdes; Mesquita, L.M.R.; Gontijo, Guilherme (2020). Fire behaviour of ecological soil–cement blocks with waste incorporation: experimental and numerical analysis. Journal of Fire Sciences. ISSN 1530-8049. 38:2, p. 173-193.
Publisher
SAGE Publications