• Rushabh R. Masal

The development of affordable housing is the need of the present day. Building with Rammed Earth Block (REB) technology is becoming more popular in the western world, due to their low cost and relative abundance of materials. The proposed Steel Fiber Rammed Earth Blocks (SF-REB) posses of compressed earth ingredients plus steel fibers. Steel fibers have important attributes such as low density, light weight, low cost, high tensile strength, as well as being fire resistant. Experimental studies on rammed earth blocks with varying percentages of stabilizers i.e. cement and steel fibers were performed. Steel fibers, thus present a wide array of opportunities for enhancing properties of construction materials. The results of this study will highlight the use of locally available soil for its use in rammed earth block applications.

Steel Fibers, Rammed Earth Block (REB), Steel Fiber-Rammed Earth Block (SF-REB), Low Cost

"An Experimental Investigation of Cement Stabilized Steel Fiber Reinforced Soil for Rammed Earth Block Applications: A Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.116-122, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906020.pdf

"An Experimental Investigation of Cement Stabilized Steel Fiber Reinforced Soil for Rammed Earth Block Applications: A Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp116-122, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906020.pdf