mechanical properties of compressed adobe brick

In this research, authors had tried to achieve maximum compressive strength with minimum specific gravity for adobe material, by presenting, testing and comparing different mix designs. clay, cement, sand and water were used as main materials in this study and also pumice, sawdust and polypropylene fiber were used as additives. laboratory investigations indicated that by adding pumice and polypropylene fiber to the mixture, maximum strength with the minimum specific gravity would be obtained for adobe material. also, water absorption and sound wave absorption tests were performed on specimens. furthermore, numerical studies using abaqus software was implemented on specimens and outputs of numerical studies were compatible with laboratory results and both can verify each other.