INVESTIGATING THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF PLASTIC BOTTLES AS MASONRY
KALUMIRE KUSIMWIRAGI
A report submitted in part requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Environmental Design with Honours
Faculty of the Built Environment
Uganda Martyrs University
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CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY
I hereby declare that this thesis entitled, “Investigating the Compressive Strength of plas- tic bottles as masonry” is the product of my own work except as cited in the references.
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Supervisor: Prof. Paul Thomas
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Date : 6 June 2011
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COPYRIGHT
This thesis may be available for loan and limited copying in accordance with copyright and neighbouring rights Acts 19 of 2006 (Cap 210).
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Kalumire Kusimwiragi
Date : 6 June 2011
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This report has only been made possible with the help of many parties.
Above all, I would like to pay tribute to the incontrovertible help of GOD the almighty to have taken care of me through this course while ferreting knowledge that change the course of ‘History’.
I express with humility a great appreciation to my supervisor, Paul Thomas and my course coordinator Mark Olweny from the Faculty of the Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs University, for their guidance and patience in supervising this study.
Furthermore, I would like to thank my family members and my close friends, who had given a lot of encouragement and motivation to complete this research with a special thanks to my sisters Nyamulisa Solange and Vivianne Furah and my brother Kalumire Cubaka for their moral and backing assistance through my entire study.
Besides, I am eternally grateful to all my colleagues for assisting me during my experi- mental work particularly Mugisha Emmanuel, and Achille Ahimbisibwe.
Last but not least, to those who had contributed assistance and advice in this study, either directly or indirectly, yet their names are not cited here, they deserve my greatest grati- tude. Millions of thanks to all.
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DEDICATION
I dedicate this thesis to My father Kalumire Germain and my mother Zirimwabagabo Euphrasie for their love, support and patience.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY i COPYRIGHT ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii DEDICATION iv LIST OF TABLES viii LIST OF FIGURES ix APPENDICES xii ABBREVIATIONS xiii ABSTRACT xiv
1 INTRODUCTION ...... 1
1.1 Introduction ...... 1 1.2 Problem Statement ...... 3 1.3 Research Objective ...... 6 1.4 Scope ...... 7
2 LITERATURE REVIEW ...... 8
2.1 Introduction ...... 8 2.2 Application of bottles in construction ...... 9 2.3 Rammed earth: A review ...... 12 2.3.1 Advantages and limitations ...... 13 2.3.1.1 Advantages...... 13 2.3.1.1 Limitations...... 14 2.3.2 Material for rammed earth ...... 15