Advances in Sustainable Masonry Bricks and Blocks: Design Optimization, Bio-Based Materials Incorporation, and Industrial Waste Valorization

By: Pacheco-Torgal, Fernando

Advances in Sustainable Masonry Bricks and Blocks: Design Optimization, Bio-based Material Incorporation, and Industrial Waste Valorization is a comprehensive reference resource that addresses the latest advancements and innovations in this field. This book explores novel sustainable masonry innovations in design optimization, bio-based materials, and industrial waste valorization. Part I investigates novel structural strategies--topological interlocking blocks modeled and fabricated in UHPC with an MCDM framework for reusability, a PRISMA-guided review of hygrothermal performance in insulated composite masonry, and a self-sensing brick system enabling continuous structural health monitoring. Part II delves into bio-reinforcements: Juncus-fiber-stabilized compressed earth blocks, fiber-reinforced soil units, glycoprotein stabilizers inspired by termite mounds, lime-hemp and sugarcane bagasse insulation for CEB walls, waste-glass-infused clay bricks, and rice-husk-ash geopolymer blocks. Part III valorizes community and industrial by-products--paper, plastics, bagasse ash, marble and stone dust, coal ash--into fired and unfired masonry, and applies geopolymers to stabilize earth materials. Across experimental research, systematic reviews, full-scale testing, and case studies, it advances durable, high-performance bricks and blocks with reduced environmental impact.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443403899
• ISBN13: 9780443403897
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Length: 740 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"