THE STUDY OF NON-BURNT EARTH BLOCKS USED FOR MASONRY LOAD BEARING WALL IN SMALL SCALE DETACHED HOUSE

Abstract

Earth materials have great possibility of saving the burden on global environment. However, the utilization ways of earth material are limited within traditional clay wall and earthenware products. This paper reported the results for the experiments that aimed to use the non-burnt earth blocks as the masonry units for the load-bearing exterior wall of small scale detached house. Magnesium oxide was used as the additives to enhance the compressive strength and water resistance based on the experiment, and then the influence of the mix proportion and manufacturing conditions assuming outdoor and handmade were investigated.