Sugarcane bagasse fiber-reinforced interlocking earth blocks using cold production process
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2024
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Rea Veronica E. Alfonso and Angelu Nai B. Dela Rosa
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Due to their abundant supply, sugarcane bagasse has drawn particular attention for usage in earthen buildings. Adding fibers to compressed earth locks can help improve compressive strength, allowing them to withstand more weight and pressure and making sugarcane bagasse fiber reinforced interlocking earth blocks using three different types of soil at varying compaction or molding pressure. It includes determining the optimum ratio of sand, clay, cement and sugarcane bagasse as reinforcement fiber. Notably, the use of 80 parts sand, 16 parts of cement and 5 parts fiber at compaction pressure of 4 MPa (A1B2C3) resulted in the best combination in terms of the desirable properties of an interlocking earth block. In terms of compressive strength and bulk density. A1B2C3 is the highest among the treatment combinations. The water absorptivity percentage was found to be highest in sand: clay (A1) showed a 0% weight loss and 0% drying shrinkage percentage. Cold production of interlocking earth blocks proved to be of good potential for production of sustainable building materials.