Study of the Compressive Strength Characteristic for Compressed Earth Blocks Produced from Laylan Area South Eastern Kirkuk/ Iraq

Ameen, Daryah A.; Tokmachy, Aomed Ahmed Mohammed

doi:10.32894/kujss.2019.14.2.12

Study of the Compressive Strength Characteristic for Compressed Earth Blocks Produced from Laylan Area South Eastern Kirkuk/ Iraq

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Daryah A. Ameen ¹

Aomed Ahmed Mohammed Tokmachy ²

¹ Department of Applied Geology, Collage of Science, Kirkuk University, Kirkuk, Iraq.

² Department of Geology, College of Science, Kirkuk University, Kirkuk, Iraq

10.32894/kujss.2019.14.2.12

Abstract

Compressive strength characteristic was studied for compressed earth block produced from Laylan area south eastern Kirkuk through the compressed earth blocks samples were prepared with dimensions (8.8*6.3*2.2( cm3 based on the international Standards (ASR 671:1996, ASR 674:1996(, the unconfined compressive strength the blocks models was examined after different period curing (7,14,28( under laboratory condition ranging in value between )30.1-42.6 MPa) these results are according to engineering specifications is an approach to the un-confined compressive strength values of the concrete blocks and these result are considered good in comparison to the un-confined compressive strength values of the fired bricks..

Keywords

compressed earth blocks

engineering tests

international specification

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