Improving the properties of clay soil by using literate soil for production of bricks

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Utilization of local accessible materials is an important stage for sustainability nowadays.

Brick units are the most commonly used construction material around Jimma town due to the availability of clayed soil.

In comparison with the traditional method, brick produced by small micros un-skill enterprises is mainly specified by less quantity and lower quality The purpose of this study was to improve the properties of clayed soil adopted in manufacturing of masonry brick units using Literate soil.

In order to achieve this, non-probability sampling technique was used to collect samples from Jimma area.

The collected samples were then prepared for running different laboratory tests.

The samples were formulated through partially replacing literate soil by 5% , 10% , 15% and 20% , respectively.

The test results showed that the procedure adopted in this study can produce lightweight brick units without any deterioration in the quality of bricks.

The maximum compressive strength value was noted for the brick units formulated with lateritic soil of 15% replacing.

The optimum firing furnace temperature was observed at 1000°C for 5hrs.

The brick units prepared at this temperature level exhibited the highest resistance to the applied Utilization of local accessible materials is an important stage for sustainability nowadays.

Brick units are the most commonly used construction material around Jimma town due to the availability of clayed soil.

In comparison with the traditional method, brick produced by small micros un-skill enterprises is mainly specified by less quantity and lower quality The purpose of this study was to improve the properties of clayed soil adopted in manufacturing of masonry brick units using Literate soil.

In order to achieve this, non-probability sampling technique was used to collect samples from Jimma area.

The collected samples were then prepared for running different laboratory tests.

The samples were formulated through partially replacing literate soil by 5% , 10% , 15% and 20% , respectively.

The test results showed that the procedure adopted in this study can produce lightweight brick units without any deterioration in the quality of bricks.

The maximum compressive strength value was noted for the brick units formulated with lateritic soil of 15% replacing.

The optimum firing furnace temperature was observed at 1000°C for 5hrs.

The brick units prepared at this temperature level exhibited the highest resistance to the applied loads.