my final project paper

Strength of Cement Stabilized Earth Block

Badrul Nizam Bin Ithnin¹, Datin Prof. Dr Nasly Binti Mohamed Ali²

¹Undergraduate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

²Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Abstract: Some standard tests were conducting on local soils and the soils were using to make cement stabilized earth blocks. Three samples were collecting from various locations around Selangor and Johor Bahru. The concept of this thesis was to explore the possibility of using local soils with the different type of soil to make a cement stabilized earth blocks for the construction of residential buildings. This paper reports the results and the analysis of a study of the properties of local soil materials and making compressed earth blocks with a block press that require a high compressive force. The blocks were testing for compressive strength as a major testing of this thesis. The cement stabilized earth blocks made gave an average compressive strength of 0.15 N/mm² at 1 days and 1.4 N/mm² at 28 days for sample A. For sample B, an average compressive strength of 0.36 N/mm2 at 1 days and 3.23 N/mm2 at 28 day was from the test. While an average compressive strength of 0.35 N/mm² at 1 days and 1.33 N/mm² at 28 day for sample C.