Machines. Technologies. Materials.
Vol. 19 (2025), Issue 10, pg(s) 388-391

TECHNOLOGIES

Research into the benefits of composite bricks and brick blocks in building structures

  • 1 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Metal Science, Equipment and Technologies with Hydro and Aerodynamics Centre “Acad. A. Balevski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2 Private investor

Abstract

A study was conducted after the production and installation of building composite bricks and brick blocks in a real environment. The studied bricks are products made of a composite material consisting of clay mass from a respective deposit, spherical foam glass granules of various sizes, manufactured using a specially developed technology and straw fibers or plant grain husks, which bricks and brick elements are being pressed and only dried without being fired. These bricks have a standard shape and dimensions and certain physical and mechanical properties, heat, sound insulation and fire protection properties. The purpose of the study is to install them in a construction site – mainly single-family houses and to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the process of installing the innovative building bricks in a real building structure.

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