Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 11(5), pp. 2792 - 2803
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110540
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Mechanical and Economic Analysis of Soil-Cement Blocks Applied in Rural Housing

Jheny Zenaida Romero Jimenez ¹, Heydi Susan Zamudio Asto ¹, Yeferson Antony Serrano Mendoza ¹, Erick Oswaldo Gamboa Tolentino ^1,2, Iralmy Yipsy Platero Morejón ^1,*, Niel Iván Velasquez Montoya ^1
1 Faculty of Engineering, Continental University, Peru
² Geotechnical, Transportation and Technological Engineering (IGEOT), Universidad Continental, Peru

ABSTRACT

This research work performs a mechanical and economic analysis of soil-cement blocks as an alternative construction element for application in rural housing in the district of Pilcomayo located in Peru, since this area shows a high percentage of housing deficit and a high level of poverty among the inhabitants. To determine the mechanical analysis, compression tests were carried out on soil-cement blocks and prisms, as well as diagonal compression tests on walls; all these tests were carried out with dosages of 10%, 15% and 20% of cement. The optimum dosage to be applied as a soil-cement block turned out to be 15% cement, since it met all the minimum strength requirements of Standard E.070. Regarding the Economic Analysis of the soil-cement blocks, the technique of Unit Price Analysis was used to evaluate the cost of manufacturing and laying soil-cement blocks for 1 m², then these results were compared with the cost of a conventional brick of the same study area. In the end, it was concluded that the soil-cement blocks turned out to be 11% cheaper than a conventional one, besides being more environmentally friendly, since for its production, it does not require firing as a traditional clay brick dose.

KEYWORDS
Soil-Cement, Manufacture, Blocks, Dosage, Economic, Resistance

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[1] Jheny Zenaida Romero Jimenez , Heydi Susan Zamudio Asto , Yeferson Antony Serrano Mendoza , Erick Oswaldo Gamboa Tolentino , Iralmy Yipsy Platero Morejón , Niel Iván Velasquez Montoya , "Mechanical and Economic Analysis of Soil-Cement Blocks Applied in Rural Housing," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 2792 - 2803, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110540.

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Jheny Zenaida Romero Jimenez , Heydi Susan Zamudio Asto , Yeferson Antony Serrano Mendoza , Erick Oswaldo Gamboa Tolentino , Iralmy Yipsy Platero Morejón , Niel Iván Velasquez Montoya (2023). Mechanical and Economic Analysis of Soil-Cement Blocks Applied in Rural Housing. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 11(5), 2792 - 2803. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110540.