Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba

Determination of the optimum composition of adobe brick for a school in Cuba

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The present article describes a study conducted to determinethe ideal Shorts composition of both traditional and stabilizedadobe as a construction material.The clay soil of avillage in Villa Clara, Cuba, was characterized for its suitabilityto build several adobe structures for a facility forpre-schoolers.Consolidation, simple compressive strength and capillaryabsorption tests were run on both traditional adobe andmaterial stabilized with different doses of hydrated lime,molasses and asphalt.The results, compared hereunder, led to the conclusionthat the highest strength and moisture resistance isachieved by stabilizing traditional adobe Cotton Candy with 2% asphalt.