Eco-efficient Masonry Bricks and Blocks. Design, Properties and Durability. Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering

Table of Contents

1. Introductionto eco-efficient masonry bricks and blocks

PART I DESIGN, PROPERTIES AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF LARGE AND HIGHLY PERFORATED FIRED-CLAY MASONRY BRICKS 2. The design and mechanical performance of large and highly perforated fired masonry bricks 3. Influence of large and highly perforated fired clay bricks in the improvement of the equivalent thermal transmittance of single-leaf masonry walls 4. Traditional fired clay bricks versus large and highly perforated fired clay bricks masonry: Influence on buildings thermal performance

PART II THE DESIGN, PROPERTIES AND DURABILITY OF FIRED-CLAY MASONRY BRICKS CONTAINING INDUSTRIAL WASTES 5. The properties and durability of clay-fly ash-based fired masonry bricks 6. Types of waste, properties and durability of pore forming waste-based fired masonry bricks 7. Types of waste, properties and durability of toxic waste-based fired masonry bricks

PART III THE DESIGN, PROPERTIES AND DURABILITY OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE MASONRY BLOCKS 8. The properties and durability of high pozzolanic industrial by-produts content concrete masonry blocks 9. The properties and durability of autoclaved aerated concrete masonry blocks 10. The design, properties and performance of concrete masonry blocks with PCMs 11. The design, properties and performance of shape optimized masonry blocks

PART IV THE DESIGN, PROPERTIES AND DURABILITY OF GEOPOLYMERIC MASONRY BLOCKS 12. The properties and durability of fly-ash based geopolymeric masonry blocks 13. The properties and durability of mine tailings-based geopolymeric masonry blocks 14. The properties and performance of red-mud based geopolymeric masonry blocks 15. Design and properties of fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, silica fume and metakaolin geopolymeric based masonry blocks.

PART V THE PROPERTIES AND DURABILITY OF EARTH-BASED MASONRY BLOCKS 16. The properties and durability of adobe earth-based masonry blocks 17. The properties of compressed earth-based masonry blocks 18. The durability of compressed earth-based masonry blocks

PART VI TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE 19. Topology optimization for the development of eco-efficient masonry units 20. Environmental performance and energy assessment of fired clay brick masonry 21. Assessment of the energy and carbon embodied in straw and clay masonry blocks 22. Earth-block versus sandcrete block houses: Embodied energy and CO2 analysis

Authors

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal Principal Investigator, C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Portugal. F. Pacheco-Torgal is a principal investigator at the University of Minho in Portugal. He has authored more than 300 publications, 147 are in Scopus and 125 in Web of Science. He is an editorial board member of nine international journals, and has participated in the review of 1,360 papers, 150 international journals, and 70 research projects, as well as being lead editor of 23 international books. He has acted as a foreign expert in the evaluation of 22 Ph.D. theses and is a scientific committee member of almost 60 conferences, most of them in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 13 countries, UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Poland, and the EU Commission. Paulo B. Lourenco Professor of Structural Engineering, Co-head of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering and head of the Masonry and Historical Constructions Division, University of Minho. Paulo B. Lourenço is Full Professor of Structural Engineering, Co-head of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering and head of the Masonry and Historical Constructions Division at the University of Minho. He is also the coordinator of the International Master's on Structural Analysis of Historical Construction (SAHC). He is the editor of the International Journal of Architectural heritage, associate editor of several international journals, and author of more than 230 ISI peer-reviewed technical papers. He also serves on several international codes and standards committees (e.g. RILEM TC 250-CSM). J Labrincha University of Aveiro, Portugal. João Labrincha is Associate Professor in the Materials and Ceramics Engineering Department of the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and member of the CICECO research unit. He has registered 22 patent applications, and has published over 170 papers. Prinya Chindaprasirt Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Research and Development Center (SIRDC), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. Professor Prinya Chindaprasirt is the Director of the Sustainable Infrastructure Research and Development Center (SIRDC), a research unit in Khon Kaen University. He is now also the head of Advanced Functional Materials research cluster of Khon Kaen University. He was appointed a full professor in 2007. In 2009 he was the first person in civil engineering who was appointed the highest rank professor in Thailand. He has set up the Thai Geopolymer Network in 2005 to promote the research and collaboration among Thai researchers in this field. S Kumar Petroleum Engineering Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1 21 1, U.S.A..