PUTRA Block The first Modularly Coordinated, Interlocking Load Bearing Block in Malaysia

•PUTRA•PUTRA•BlockThe first Modularly Coordinated,

Interlocking Load Bearing Block in Malaysia

•PUTRA•PUTRA•BlockIntroducing HRC’s interlocking load bearing hollow block system

• PUTRA• PUTRA• Block

STRETCHER BLOCK

CORNER BLOCK

• PUTRA• PUTRA• Block

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HALF BLOCK

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Self-aligning

Home building features

Modular friendly

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Unskilled worker

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Light enough for manual handling

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Fast, mortarless masonry construction

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Optional plastering on internal walls

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No formwork

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Sturdy and stable

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STRENGTH CHARACTHERISTIC

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0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

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1.2

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Load EccentricityD

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Str

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SR=8 SR=12 SR=16 SR=20

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Engineered strength

Easy to transport

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Open Industrialized Building System

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Simple to manufacture, low capital investment

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Bearing AREA

Shearing AREA in Z direction

Shearing AREA in X direction

Interlocking mechanism

3 units of prototype houses have been built in Chendering, Kuala Terengganuby using 6285 Putra Block

• 4742 stretcher block• 803 corner block• 740 half block

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WALL TEST PRISM TEST

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FINITE ELEMENT Analysis Experimental Verification

Research and Development

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EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT HOUSING DESIGN AND BUILDING SYSTEM

Deformation of wall in Indonesia earthquake excitation (with 10times exaggeration in X and Y direction)

Research and Development

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Peak Displacement of wall in X direction (cm) Maximum 2.13 cm

at node number 2344

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

0.4

0.45

0.5

0.55

0.6

0.65

0.7

0.75

0.8

Peak Displacement of wall in Y direction (cm) Maximum 0.831 cm at node number 2300

Research and Development

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0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.7 30

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

3

0

0.005

0.01

0.015

0.02

0.025

0.03

0.035

0.04

0.045

0.05

0.055

0.06

0.065

0.07

0.075

Peak Stress in X direction (N/mm2)

0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.7 30

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

3

0

0.005

0.01

0.015

0.02

0.025

0.03

0.035

0.04

0.045

0.05

0.055

0.06

0.065

0.07

0.075

Peak Stress in Y direction (N/mm2)

Research and Development

THANK YOUTerima Kasih