This paper illustrates an innovative manufacturing procedure for producing handcrafted interlocking stabilized compressed earth blocks (ISCEBs). A comparison of the mechanical properties of ISCEBs is conducted to assess the influence of varying components. | Production procedures and mechanical behaviour of interlocking stabilized compressed earth blocks ISCEBs manufactured using float ram press Engineering Solid Mechanics 2018 89-104 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Engineering Solid Mechanics homepage esm Production procedures and mechanical behaviour of interlocking stabilized compressed earth blocks ISCEBs manufactured using float ram press Mauro Sassua Antonio Romanazzib Linda Giresinic Walter Francod Carlo Ferraresid Giuseppe Quagliad and Elisa Oreficee a Department of Civil Environmental Engineering and Architecture Università di Cagliari Italy b Department of Civil Engineering Universidade do Minho Portugal c Department of Energy Systems Territory and Constructions Engineering Università di Pisa Italy d Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Politecnico di Torino Italy e Technical Engineer Comune di Montescudaio Italy A R T I C L EI N F O ABSTRACT Article history This paper illustrates an innovative manufacturing procedure for producing handcrafted Received 22 September 2017 interlocking stabilized compressed earth blocks ISCEBs . A comparison of the mechanical Accepted 10 January 2018 properties of ISCEBs is conducted to assess the influence of varying components. The ISCEBs Available online are manufactured by employing different block densities with three distinct mixtures earth 18 March 2018 Keywords earth and lime earth and straw and by using a human-powered machine named Float RAM Earth blocks Press. The manual press was conceived for regions with limited access to technology and Human power allows the production of interlocking blocks via two modes of compaction mono-directional Mechanical test and bi-directional. A production average of approximately 30 blocks hour corresponding to the Production test work of three people is achieved. Three-point bending tests and uniaxial compression tests are Floating RAM press carried out to investigate the .
