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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Main Authors: M. A. Rodríguez, B. Saroza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2006-06-01
Series:Materiales de Construccion
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Online Access:http://materconstrucc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/materconstrucc/article/view/27
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spelling 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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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
author_facet M. A. Rodríguez
B. Saroza
author_sort M. A. Rodríguez
title Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba
title_short Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba
title_full Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba
title_fullStr Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba
title_full_unstemmed Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba
title_sort determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in cuba
publisher Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
series Materiales de Construccion
issn 0465-2746
1988-3226
publishDate 2006-06-01
description 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.
topic adobe
characterization
mixture proportion
mechanical properties
compressive strenght
url http://materconstrucc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/materconstrucc/article/view/27
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