Author(s)

Gilbert Ganga¹, Timothee Nsongo², Hilaire Elenga², Bernard Mabiala¹, Thomas Tamo Tatsiete³,   Nzonzolo¹

¹Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique (ENSP), Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo.
²Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo.
³Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique (ENSP), Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroun.

An experimental study was carried out on bricks using local materials in order to take into account the waste wood management to protect the environment and to reduce the cost of the habitat. Chips and sawdust were built-in clay bricks in order to study their influence on the compressive strength, Young’s modulus and the speed for soundproofing. Testings in compressive strength were made on the parallelepiped clay bricks, stabilized with different percentages of cement, with incorporation to various percentages of sawdust or wood chips (Mahogany), using a universal press. Young’s modulus was measured from the speed of sound by the ultrasonic method. The results obtained show that the incorporation of mahogany tree chips in the stabilized brick at 8% of cement, does not have much effect on the compressive strength. It was found that the incorporation of chips or sawdust on the clay brick, does not improve the compressive strength. The Young’s modulus decreases with increasing content of sawdust and practically remains constant regardless of the content of chips at 4% and 6% of cement. The clay brick mixed with 8% of mahogany sawdust can be an acoustic barrier.

Effect of Incorporation of Chips and Wood Dust Mahogany on Mechanical and Acoustic Behavior of Brick Clay

Ganga, G. , Nsongo, T. , Elenga, H. , Mabiala, B. , Tatsiete, T. and Nzonzolo,  . (2014) Effect of Incorporation of Chips and Wood Dust Mahogany on Mechanical and Acoustic Behavior of Brick Clay. Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research, 2, 198-208. doi: 10.4236/jbcpr.2014.23018.