Jokhio, Gul A. and Sharifah Maszura, Syed Mohsin and Gul, Yasmeen (2018) Two-fold sustainability - Adobe with sawdust as partial sand replacement. In: International Conference on Innovative Technology, Engineering and Sciences, iCITES 2018 , 1-2 March 2018 , Universiti Malaysia Pahang. pp. 1-6., 342 (1). ISSN 1757-8981(print); 1757-899X(online)
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Abstract
Adobe is a material that is economic, environment friendly, and provides better indoor air quality. The material required for the preparation of adobe include clay, sand, and sometimes straw or other organic materials. These materials do not require industrial processing or transportation, however, sand mining has been recently posing a threat to the environment. Therefore, to enhance the existing sustainability of adobe, sand can be partially or fully replaced by other waste materials. This approach will not only solve the problem of excessive sand mining, it will also address the issue of waste management. Sawdust is one such waste material that can be used to partially replace sand in Adobe. This paper presents the results of compressive and flexural test carried out on Adobe samples with partial sand replacement by sawdust. The results show that about 4% sand replacement by volume produces higher compressive strength, whereas the flexural strength reduces with the use of sawdust. However, since flexural strength is not a critical property for adobe, it is concluded that replacing sand with sawdust by about 4% of volume will be beneficial.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) |
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| Additional Information: | Indexed by Scopus |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Indoor air quality; Organic materials; Sand mining; Waste management; Sustainable development |
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Faculty/Division: | Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Mohd Safwan Rizal Saripudin |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2018 06:25 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Sep 2018 06:25 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21397 |
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