Influence of Compacting Rate on the Properties of Compressed Earth Blocks
Influence of Compacting Rate on the Properties of Compressed Earth Blocks
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2016
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Danso, Humphery
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Hindawi
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Compaction of blocks contributes significantly to the strength properties of compressed earth blocks. This paper investigates
the influence of compacting rates on the properties of compressed earth blocks. Experiments were conducted to determine the
density, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, and erosion properties of compressed earth blocks produced with different
rates of compacting speed. The study concludes that although the low rate of compaction achieved slightly better performance
characteristics, there is no statistically significant difference between the soil blocks produced with low compacting rate and high
compacting rate. The study demonstrates that there is not much influence on the properties of compressed earth blocks produced
with low and high compacting rates. It was further found that there are strong linear correlations between the compressive strength
test and density, and density and the erosion. However, a weak linear correlationwas found between tensile strength and compressive
strength, and tensile strength and density
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Danso, H. (2016). Influence of compacting rate on the properties of compressed earth blocks. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2016.