Study of parameters influencing the compressive strength of Compressed Earth Blocks

This work aims to study four parameters that influence the compressive strength of compressed earth blocks (CEB): clay mineralogy, grain size, formatting pressure, and water content. Five soils with different mineralogical composition were used first parameter. 12.5, 25, 40 60% aggregates sized 0/2, 0/4 0/6.3 mm added soil second CEB compacted at 100, 200 300 kN third 3, 6 10% fourth Test specimens produced using a hydraulic press characterized by compression. The characterization shows increases smectite Compressive does not always increase changing particle size. increasing while content decreases strength. also is improved differently for each type.