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Strength of Quarry Dust Modular Bricks and Wallettes Under Compression

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The compressive strength of masonry can be verified using two methods namely the unit strength method and the prism test method. The characteristics of masonry are influenced by the properties of bricks and mortar. This paper reports the investigation made on the compressive strength of bricks manufactured using quarry dust as sand replacement. Two types of bricks were prepared; hollow and solid modular bricks with size of 190 mm (H) × 100 mm (L) × 100 mm (T) which is a little bit bigger than the normal brick size. The compressive strength of the bricks have been evaluated using individual unit and mortar strength, prism and wallettes. The effects of different joint thickness on the compressive strength were also evaluated. The strength of solid modular block with thicker mortar joint was found to be higher the strength of hollow block. Based on the strength, both bricks passed the minimum requirement of brick for government project.

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Acknowledgments

We wish to thank Kilang Papan Mohd Yusuf dan Anak-anak (KPMY) for the provision of quarry dust bricks.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

    Atikah Fatma Md Daud

  2. Institute of Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM), Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

    Zakiah Ahmad

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  1. Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

    Rohana Hassan

  2. Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

    Marina Yusoff

  3. Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

    Zulhabri Ismail

  4. Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

    Norliyati Mohd Amin

  5. Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

    Mohd Arshad Fadzil

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Md Daud, A.F., Ahmad, Z. (2014). Strength of Quarry Dust Modular Bricks and Wallettes Under Compression. In: Hassan, R., Yusoff, M., Ismail, Z., Amin, N., Fadzil, M. (eds) InCIEC 2013. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-02-6_13

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