Study on some properties of non-fired compressed earth bricks stabilized with cement
Abstract
Construction difficulties related to transportation and high costs of raw materials and labor cause difficulties in the process of supporting house construction, especially for poor ethnic households in high mountain areas. This leads to research and development of material products using local raw materials to minimize these difficulties.
This paper presents experimental results on some properties of non-fired compressed earth bricks (CEB) based on local soil and cement sources for use in constructing walls for single-storey houses in mountainous areas. The non-fired CEBs attain a compressive strength of more than 3.5 MPa, a unit weight of 1800 - 2200 kg/m3, and a water absorption of less than 20%, in order to minimize difficulties on building materials and labor costs. This contributes to the program of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses for poor households.
