Prediction of Compressive Strength of Stabilized Earth Block Masonry

Table 1

Summary of the predicted equation for the estimation of masonry strength.

Reference	Masonry unit type	Block strength (MPa)	Mortar type	Mortar strength (MPa)	Equations
Eurocode 6 [17]	Clay bricks	<75	General purpose	<20 and <2fb	fm = K (fb)^0.7 (fj)^0.3
Brocker [4]	Clay bricks				fm = 0.68 (fb)^0.5 (fj)^0.33
Mann [5]	Concrete blocks, lime sand stones and bricks	—	—	—	fm = 0.83 (fb)^0.66 (fj)^0.18
Hendry and Malek [6]	—	—	—	—	fm = 0.317 (fb)^0.531 (fj)^0.208
Dayaratnam [7]	—	—	—	—	fm = 0.275 (fb)^0.5 (fj)^0.5
Bennett et al. [8]	Clay bricks	2.3–35.6	Cement-sand	13.2–16.7	fm = 0.3fb
Dymiotis and Gutlederer [9]	Clay bricks	10–174	—	0.5–49	fm = 0.3266fb (1−0.0027fb + 0.0147fj)
Gumaste et al. [10]	Bricks (table mouled and wire-cut)	3–23	Cement-soil-sand	0.8–16	fm = 0.317 (fb)^0.866 (fj)^0.134
Kaushik et al. [11]	Clay bricks	16.1–28.9	Cement-lime-sand	3.1–20.6	fm = 0.63 (fb)^0.49 (fj)^0.32
Christy et al. [12]	Clay bricks & flyash bricks	—	Cement-sand	—	fm = 0.35 (fb)^0.65 (fj)^0.25
Lumantarna et al. [13]	Vintage clay bricks	8.5–43.4	Cement-lime-sand	0.69–23.2	fm = 0.75 (fb)^0.75 (fj)^0.31
Sarhat and Sherwood [14]	Hollow cement blocks	8.9–45.6	Cement-lime-sand	3.65–26.9	fm = 0.886 (fb)^0.75 (fj)^0.18
Adrain et al. [15]	Clay bricks	12.75	Cement-lime-sand	0.6–13.3	fm = 0.56 (fb)^0.53 (fj)^0.5
Kumavat [16]	Clay bricks	4.61–5.54	Cement-sand	24.98–28.67	fm = 0.69 (fb)^0.6 (fj)^0.35