Abstract
This study investigates the effect of using steel filings from the waste of blacksmiths workshops on the clay bricks mixture to improve the bricks’ compressive strength. On the other hand, this process can reduce workshops’ waste by recycling it to preserve the resources and achieve sustainability. Adding steel filings to the mixture of red clay bricks was in different proportions by weight (1%, 2%, 3%, and 4%) on prototype bricks produced in a lab. Moreover, it aims to increase the effectiveness of clay bricks used in load-bearing walls, which can be used extensively in economical housing to reduce the cost if its strength increases by utilizing it in the load-bearing walls system instead of skeleton. The experimental approach was adopted to reach conclusions, as it is the appropriate approach suitable for this research. Before and after adding steel filings, many properties were tested, such as dimensions, weight, density, water absorption, and compressive strength. It is observed that on increasing the steel filings ratios by the mixture’s weight, the prototypes’ compressive strength also increases. The highest percentage of increased compressive strength occurred for the specimen with 3% steel filings by the mixture’s weight is (84%).
Highlights
The openness of architecture to other sciences has become one of the recent era and technological development requirements, especially communications, building materials science, etc
The results of water absorption, density, and compressive strength were conducted on the specimens with various percentages of steel filings mixed with clay bricks mixture
Effect of steel filings ratios on water absorption The effect of steel filings ratios on water absorption percentages is represented in Table 3; the results show that the water absorption decreases with an increase in the percentage of steel filings additive
Summary
The openness of architecture to other sciences has become one of the recent era and technological development requirements, especially communications, building materials science, etc. This study is based on strengthening the role of the architecture engineer in developing building technologies and materials using material science to improve the built environment to reduce resource consumption, reduce construction costs, and reduce energy consumption. Raising the structural efficiency of red brick by adding waste to its components can contribute to reducing the use of resources, enhance the environment, as well as switching to building with load-bearing walls and reducing the construction cost. Ancient Egyptians manufactured mud bricks by adding plant strew to improve the bricks’ strength [2]. In Egypt, There are two types of mud used to manufacture bricks: clay, which contains iron and crystal. Clay bricks in Egypt are used to build internal and external walls with a particular dimension of (25 × 12 × 6.5 cm) [5]. Water, and soil are the main components that contributed to brick production [7]
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