Use of seagrass fibres in adobe bricks

SBE19 Brussels - BAMB-CIRCPATH "Buildings as Material Banks - A Pathway For A Circular Future"

Olacia, E.^1^2 ; Pisello, A.L.^2^3 ; Chiodo, V.^4 ; Maisano, S.^4 ; Frazzica, A.^4 ; Cabeza, L.F.^1

GREiA Research Group, INSPIRES Research Centre, Universitat de Lleida, Pere de Cabrera s/n Lorida, 25001, Spain^1

CIRIAF-Interuniversity Research Centre on Pollution and Environment Mauro Felli, Via G. Duranti 63, Perugia

06125, Italy^2

Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, Perugia

06125, Italy^3

CNR - Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per LEnergia nicola Giordano, Via Salita S. Lucia sopra Contesse 5, Messina

98126, Italy^4

关键词: Adobe bricks;    Fibre content;    Fibre reinforcements;    Mediterranean coasts;    Posidonia oceanica;    Seagrasses;    Tensile resistance;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012051/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012051

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The main aim of the present study is to measure the capability the "Posidonia Oceanica" as fibre reinforcement for adobe bricks. This sea-plant is distributed in the Mediterranean coast, considered as a solid marine by-product. To analyse the performance, prismatic earthen specimens with seagrass fibres were compared with the most traditional additives for this purpose; straw fibres. Both fibres were included with different lengths and quantities. Previously, in order to understand their behaviour, the fibres themselves were evaluated. Tensile strength and water absorption tests were performed. Meanwhile bricks themselves were subjected to mechanical tests. Concerning the biomass fibres, results show that straw fibres present higher tensile resistance than the seagrass leafs while they are more fragile to breakage than seagrass; on the other hand, they have higher water absorption than seagrass. Mechanical results show variations depending on their fibre content and length. Nevertheless, bricks with long seagrass fibres present a characteristic good behaviour in terms of flexural and compressive strength. Generally, adobe bricks with both types of fibres achieve similar mechanical properties, generating favourable results in terms of comparison between them.