Output characteristics of 'Chapparu' brickwork
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Article Title | Output characteristics of 'Chapparu' brickwork |
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ERA Journal ID | 123182 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Abeysekera, Vasantha |
Journal Title | Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka |
Journal Citation | 43 (4), pp. 57-74 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
ISSN | 1800-1122 |
Web Address (URL) | http://plesk.web1.webhostbox.net/$sitepreview/web.iesl.lk/pdf/journals/October%202010.pdf |
Abstract | Chapparu is an innovative practice borne out of adversity to cope with a wide variety of brick sizes to build walls of a given width. It is also the name given to mortar that is applied on the side of a brick on the header course to make the sides appear flat-as-a-plate when single-brick thick walls are built using the English bond. Moreover, it is also a type of joint which holds the bricks together. Such brickwork may be labelled as 'chapparu brickwork'. The simulation methodology developed under this study is a versatile approach for evaluating different scenarios when compared with regression models. It can also be used for evaluating new methods of construction with relative ease. It is expected that this first time study would clear common understandings surrounding chapparu brickwork thereby exploring new opportunities through a non-standardisation route! |
Keywords | activity sampling; brickwork joints; chapparu; simulation; productivity |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401699. Materials engineering not elsewhere classified |
400505. Construction materials | |
330202. Building construction management and project planning | |
Public Notes | Relevant to commercial, industrial and residential construction and also to civil construction. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Engineering and Surveying |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0865/output-characteristics-of-chapparu-brickwork
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