Stabilized Mud Blocks and its Application as Wall.

Under guidance of: Dr. Maganti Janardhana

Associate Professor

K. Sambasivarao Roll.no:12011D2021

ABSTRACT
The provision of good quality housing is recognized as an important responsibility for welfare of people in a country. A question of evolution of the use of bricks was partly based on their estimated properties, applied building techniques and on the characteristics of brick production. In this investigations, the agricultural and industrial residue rice husk ash into the Soil and Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) stabilized blocks are studied. However there are undesirable properties such as loss of strength when saturated with water, erosion due to wind and/or rain or poor dimensional stability.

INTRODUCTION
Human society has been using mud for shelter since the days of ancient cultures. The local availability and ease of processing makes it the most energy efficient building material. Stabilization of soil becomes essential to attain adequate compressive strength. Lot of researches are happening around the world on alternating walling material.

Present studies
Stabilized soil blocks use locally available soil with cementetious materials. Rice husk ash an excellent pozzolanic material. About 20 million tons of rice husk ash an agro waste is produced annually worldwide.

Objectives and Investigation

To investigate the potentials use of rise husk ash an agro waste for production of stabilized compressed earth blocks. To investigate the main constituent materials and the block production process. To examine the block properties and their performance as a walling material. To examine the effect of wind drive rain an the erodability of rice husk ash stabilized compressed earth blocks.

Materials and Methodology

Soil Rice Husk Ash Ordinary Portland Cement(OPC)

Soil
Tests
Liquid Limit Plastic Limit Specific Gravity Maximum Dry Density

Values
35.72 2.27

Particle Size Distribution

Natural Moisture Content Optimum Moisture content

0.11

Unconfined Compressive strength

Rice Husk Ash

Physical Properties
Lime Reactivity
Compressive Strength

Value
6.5
11% more than the Control Mix

Soundness(Autoclave)
Bulk Density Material Retained on 45 micron Material Passing through 45 micron

0.5%
560 4.5% 94.1%

Specific Surface Area

17000

Rice Husk Ash

Chemical Properties
Silicon Dioxide

Value
90.1%

Magnesium Oxide
Sodium Oxide Sulphate Loss of Ignition

0.94%
0.50% 0.03% 1.55%

Cement
Tests
Fineness Normal Consistency

Value
0.0369 30%

Soundness
Initial Setting Time Final Setting Time Compressive Strength (3days) Compressive Strength (7days)

0.5cm
130min 370min 15.0 Mpa. 24.0 Mpa.

Compressive Strength (28days)

33.5 Mpa.