Research Article
Effect of Peat on Physicomechanical Properties of Cemented Brick
Table 3
Experimental values of the peat brick samples.
| Sample | Compressive strength (MPa) | Unit weight (kg/m3) | Flexural strength (MPa) | Splitting strength (MPa) | UPV value (Km/h) |
| Control mix | 31.70 | 2145.33 | 2.69 ± 0.20 | 3.35 ± 0.01 | 4.10 ± 0.13 | P-5 | 16.40 | 1943.91 | 2.04 ± 0.18 | 0.85 ± 0.03 | 3.41 ± 0.04 | P-10 | 9.08 | 1674.11 | 0.92 ± 0.03 | 0.48 ± 0.01 | 2.03 ± 0.05 | P-15 | 3.82 | 1521.00 | 0.68 ± 0.04 | 0.41 ± 0.01 | 1.50 ± 0.02 | P-20 | 3.37 | 1431.34 | 0.58 ± 0.05 | 0.32 ± 0.02 | 1.47 ± 0.11 | P-25 | 2.80 | 1229.76 | 0.33 ± 0.04 | 0.19 ± 0.04 | 1.09 ± 0.01 |
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