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Title: Brick Kiln
Description: Visit to tradtional Brick Kiln in Islamabad Lec Abdul Jabbar Nust Institute of Civil Engineering
Description: Visit to tradtional Brick Kiln in Islamabad Lec Abdul Jabbar Nust Institute of Civil Engineering
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VISIT OF A Brick Kiln
(VISIT Report)
Information and Objectives:
Location:
Brick Kiln, Chak Shehzad Islamabad
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Abdul Jabbar
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2) To get familiarization with the pug mill and gas kiln
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4) To get to know how concrete beams are made
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6) To develop better understanding among the students
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Events:
Stop 1: Purpose made bricks factory
Purpose made or special shape bricks are the bricks which are made to fulfill a specific
requirement or need
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At Chakshazad brick kiln, the purpose made
bricks are made in a pug mill
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Then the
bricks are transferred to a gas kiln, where the bricks are burnt to make them dry and
hard
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Gas OR coal are used as fuel at chakshahzad gas kiln
to burn purpose made bricks
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Stop 2: Sundried Bricks
Sundried bricks are also known as mud bricks
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At Chakshahzad brick kiln mixture of soil (picture) and water is
used for making bricks
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The mixture of soil and water is left for 24 hours before making
the bricks
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Mold is designed in a
way that frog is present inside it (picture)
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A worker can make about 1500 bricks in a day
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This type of burning
bricks is very common in Pakistan and is called Bhatta in local language
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Bricks are orderly assembled in this method
(picture) and the top most layer of bricks has a mud covering
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Coal is used as main fuel to
burn the bricks (picture)
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There are also
over burnt and swelled bricks which cannot be used for any type of construction work
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Stop4: Concrete blocks and beams
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Cement, sand, coarse aggregate, water and other admixtures are mixed in a concrete
mixer (picture)
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At Chakshahzad reinforced concrete beams
(picture), slabs and special purpose concrete bricks are made
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However, it has
low tensile strength
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Thereafter the concrete is reinforced
to withstand the tensile loads upon it
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The steel wires inside the concrete beams are anchored (picture) for some period of
time in order to make them sound and strong
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the concrete made is
put in to moulds (picture along with the steel reinforcing bars (picture 23) which
allows the slabs to have increased tensile strength
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Water gives strength to the slabs
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Stop 5: Retaining wall
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Retaining wall is build when extra strength is required due to action of weathering
agents or places where land sliding is common
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Title: Brick Kiln
Description: Visit to tradtional Brick Kiln in Islamabad Lec Abdul Jabbar Nust Institute of Civil Engineering
Description: Visit to tradtional Brick Kiln in Islamabad Lec Abdul Jabbar Nust Institute of Civil Engineering