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Simulasi Numerik Sifat Mekanik Bata Ringan Dengan Campuran Serat Polipropilena Dan Abu Terbang (Fly Ash)
Lightweight brick is an innovation and alternative material for walls that has a lower density compared to conventional red brick. However, lightweight bricks have several disadvantages, one of which is that they are weak against axial forces. Nowadays, the use of finite element programs such as LUSAS as a tool for analysis and design for structures is increasing rapidly in line with the development of microcomputer technology. This research aims to analyze the mechanical properties of lightweight bricks by displaying the distribution of shortening, stress and strain contours that occur in lightweight bricks when loading is applied. The method in this research is to simulate the behavior analysis of the mechanical properties of a lightweight brick model with a mixture of fly ash and polypropylene fiber. The input data used in the analysis is secondary data taken from previous research, then the data is modeled using LUSAS software for analysis. The difference in shortening results from analysis using LUSAS and experimental is less than 10%. The greatest shortening occurred at the top of the light brick model based on the distribution of the shortening contours of the three light brick models. Meanwhile, the greatest stress and strain occurs at the bottom of the lightweight brick model. Giving a controlled load (6 kN – 60 kN) aims to see the comparison of stress vs strain values that occur in lightweight brick models using the same stress. With this, the greatest shortening is obtained when the maximum load occurs on lightweight FA0% - PP5% bricks of 9,870 mm. The stress that occurs is the same in the three types of lightweight brick, amounting to 1,393 N/mm2. The largest strain occurs in lightweight bricks FA0% - PP5% at 0,0497 mm.
Key words: Light brick, LUSAS, Finite element method, Fly ash, Polypropylene fiber
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