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CREATIVE METHOD FOR BAKED CLAY BEAMS DESIGN AND APPLICATION IN BUILDINGS

. Abdul Aziz Ansari, Gul Muhammad & Sumaira Ismail


Abstract

For more than a century, reinforced cement concrete has gained widespread acceptance as a primary building material worldwide. However, as a result of rising steel and cement prices, especially the shipping costs associated with delivering these building supplies to remote locations with alluvial, clayey, or rich soil (plains Producing baked clay panels of structural components could be more advantageous and cost-effective for quick and affordable construction without compromising the buildings' strength and longevity. Many beam panels were cast, baked, post-reinforced, cured, and tested with this specific goal in mind. This was part of a systematic program of experimental investigation that imagined developments in rural areas in the future at relatively inexpensive and affordable costs for the poor masses. This paper presents the findings from the experimental investigation. Without the use of vertical reinforcement or anchorage steel, the shear and flexural strength of baked clay was evaluated on its own. The modulus of rupture, shear/flexural behavior, mode of failure, crack pattern, and ultimate load of baked clay beams were all studied. But experimental methods were also used to determine the material constants and basic structural characteristics, such as the modulus of elasticity, Poisson's ratio, and crushing strength of the material removed from the beams after testing. The outcomes are positive. Nonetheless, the results of these studies indicate that shear strength is the main influence. The ensuing sections contain all the information.

 

Keywords:   Plate support, Roller support, Pit-sand, Beams, Clay, UDL, Point load        

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