Compressed earth blocks with powdered green mussel shell as partial binder and pig hair as fiber reinforcement

• Main Authors: Lejano, Bernardo A., Gabaldon, Ram Julian, Go, Patrick Jason, Juan, Carlos Gabriel G., Wong, Michael
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Pressed brick; Fiber cement; Reinforced cement; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2557
• Institution: De La Salle University

Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB) made from soil and compacted using a mechanical molder can be stabilized using cement. Moreover, CEB can perform as well as concrete hollow blocks (CHB) when properly strengthened with ordinary Portland cement. Due to the low tensile strength of CEB, pig hair fibers (PH...