Afifi Fakhri Amir Hamzah, Luqman Hakim Ahmad Sharif, Wan Safizah Wan Salim and Siti Fatimah Sadikon
Keywords: Marine soil, synthetic fiber, brick, compressive strength
Abstract: The rapid growth of construction industries has led to the high consumption levels and demand for various types of construction materials such as bricks. Hence, it is very significant to explore the potential alternative materials for brick in order to minimize the reliance on the existing material only. The objective of this study is to access the performance of marine soil brick with synthetic fiber through investigation of its compressive strength. The soil samples are oven-dried for 24 hours and then crushed into smaller particles. The brick samples were produced which consist of marine soil, synthetic fiber (polypropylene) and water. Two types of brick mixtures for unreinforced and reinforced with synthetic fiber were prepared. All the materials were blend together, placed in the mould and the final product of brick were left for air-dried naturally. The bricks samples were subjected to the compressive strength test by using compressive strength machine according to BS 1881-11:1983. The result of unreinforced and reinforced brick at 28 days are 3.13 N/mm2 and 3.79 N/mm2 respectively. The finding shows that the compressive strength of the marine soil brick will improve with the presence of synthetic fiber.