Resumo:
The use of soil-cement bricks in engineering works is considered an inexpensive and
sustainable method compared to that used in conventional ways (ceramic or concrete
blocks), considering that one of the raw materials used in this technique has wide
availability, the manufacturing process is less harmful to the environment, in addition to
its ease in the construction process. Combined with responsibility for resource
management, time and environmental awareness, in Itajubá, south of Minas Gerais, there
is a concern about the management of solid waste, especially glass waste, which exists in
quantity in the region. In view of this, this research aims to evaluate the soil-cement bricks
with the addition of glass residues, which were analyzed as to the feasibility of being
incorporated into the composition of the soil-cement mixture, in order to use such residue
productively, in order to be used as a new material. The granulometry tests, the Atterberg
limits, density and specific mass were carried out with the soil used in the manufacture
of the bricks, with the purpose of characterizing it and verifying its use in the soil-cement
composition. In addition, the bricks made were subjected to tests of resistance to
compression and water absorption, in which the bricks themselves were used as
specimens, based on the recommendations of the ABNT NBR 8492 (2012) standard. The
contributions of this research demonstrate that the insertion of glass waste in soil-cement
bricks is beneficial, making technology productive and the need for viable solutions to
minimize impacts on urban and rural areas, a way of optimizing the use of local resources
in the implementation of future constructions using this technique.
