Resumen
This article describes the conception process, research development and implementation process at the laboratory level of a masonry unit with top and bottom semiovoid chock and made using recycled newspaper and paste of yucca starch. The devel ped implementation process has been used to make a set of masonry units to build walls. The article presents a methodology related to the constructive process of the walls in the real constructive context. This methodology was used to build 6 walls for characterization of the mechanical behaviour at two levels: axial compression and diagonal tension (shear). A discussion about the behaviour of the wall speciments and conclusions about the behaviour in the real context are presented. Finally, a feasibility analysis related to the structural application of the walls in the construction field of the civil engineering is argued.Rev. ing. constr. [online]. 2008, vol.23, n.3, pp. 145-154. ISSN 0718-5073. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-50732008000300002