Abstract: Shelled Compressed Earth Blocks (SCEB) are compressed earth blocks with harder outer shell and inner core of less or no chemical stabilisation rammed into a single piece. The behaviour of the two different material layers when subjected to stress should be of concern in the general application of SCEB. This paper sets out to study how the two different layers co-work to resist applied load. A stress-strain test was conducted on shelled compressed earth blocks produced from the same soil type but different cement content using the optimum moisture content. The results revealed that the shell serves as a confinement resisting both lateral and axial load from the inner core and imposed load respectively.
Keywords: Shelled compressed earth, Weather resistance, Durability, Sustainability.
Title: Behaviour of Shelled Compressed Earth Masonry Unit under Load
Author: C. Egenti, J. M. Khatib
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
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