Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba
The present article describes a study conducted to determinethe ideal composition of both traditional and stabilizedadobe as a construction material. The clay soil of avillage in Villa Clara, Cuba, was characterized for its suitabilityto build several adobe structures for a facility forpre-schoolers...
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doaj-07e7f71cb46f4143975005e9d8a039e52021-05-05T07:36:31ZengConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMateriales de Construccion0465-27461988-32262006-06-0156282536210.3989/mc.2006.v56.i282.2724Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in CubaM. A. Rodríguez0B. Saroza1Universidad de Oviedo.Universidad Central de Las VillasThe present article describes a study conducted to determinethe ideal composition of both traditional and stabilizedadobe as a construction material. The clay soil of avillage in Villa Clara, Cuba, was characterized for its suitabilityto build several adobe structures for a facility forpre-schoolers. Consolidation, simple compressive strength and capillaryabsorption tests were run on both traditional adobe andmaterial stabilized with different doses of hydrated lime,molasses and asphalt. The results, compared hereunder, led to the conclusionthat the highest strength and moisture resistance isachieved by stabilizing traditional adobe with 2% asphalt.http://materconstrucc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/materconstrucc/article/view/27adobecharacterizationmixture proportionmechanical propertiescompressive strenght |
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M. A. Rodríguez B. Saroza Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba Materiales de Construccion adobe characterization mixture proportion mechanical properties compressive strenght |
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Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba |
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Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba |
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Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba |
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Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba |
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Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba |
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determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in cuba |
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas |
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Materiales de Construccion |
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0465-2746 1988-3226 |
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2006-06-01 |
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The present article describes a study conducted to determinethe ideal composition of both traditional and stabilizedadobe as a construction material. The clay soil of avillage in Villa Clara, Cuba, was characterized for its suitabilityto build several adobe structures for a facility forpre-schoolers.
Consolidation, simple compressive strength and capillaryabsorption tests were run on both traditional adobe andmaterial stabilized with different doses of hydrated lime,molasses and asphalt.
The results, compared hereunder, led to the conclusionthat the highest strength and moisture resistance isachieved by stabilizing traditional adobe with 2% asphalt. |
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adobe characterization mixture proportion mechanical properties compressive strenght |
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