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Cleaner Materials, 2023 During the last decades, rammed earth technology has been explored worldwide because of a growing concern for sustainable constructions. A relevant, contemporary technical culture of rammed earth developed in the south-west of Western Australia (WA) from
Vittoria Strazzeri, Ali Karrech
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Evaporation process and tensile behavior of fiber-reinforced rammed earth
Yantu gongcheng xuebao, 2021 The rammed earth is an environmental-friendly building material. Its mechanical properties draw lots of attention among researchers and engineers in recent years. In order to improve the tensile performance of the rammed earth, the fiber-reinforcement is
RONG De-zheng , TANG Chao-sheng , ZENG Hao , CHENG Qing , LI Hao-da , SHI Bin
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Research on Optimization of the Thermal Performance of Composite Rammed Earth Construction
Energies, 2022 Rammed earth (RE) is a low-tech recyclable building material with good heat storage and moisture absorption performance that can better maintain the stability of the indoor thermal environment and improve indoor comfort.
Shenwei Yu +4 more
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Energies, 2022 The climate crisis is one of the most important problems today. In the process of human building, the use of cement, steel, and other industrial materials in the process of building construction and recycling has brought a huge burden to the natural ...
Qinglong Gao +4 more
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New insight into the craftsmanship of sucrose-modified rammed earth-lime materials
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2022 In this work, the performance and mechanism of a Chinese traditional sucrose-modified rammed earth-lime were discussed in lab for its potential utilization in the restoration of rammed earth-lime architectural heritages.
Shiqiang Fang +4 more
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FRACTURE ENERGY OF ILLITIC RAMMED EARTH WITH HIGH WATER-CLAY RATIO
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2021 The article is focused on design of mixture of rammed earth, producing, testing and determination of fracture energy of unfired rammed earth and its stress-strain curve in tensile bending test.
Barbora Mužíková +2 more
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Sustainable Structures, 2021 Hakka Tulou are rammed earth buildings that have survived material aging, natural weathering and earthquakes for hundreds of years. Previous paper has reported our observations and findings from nondestructive evaluations in field with focus on the ...
Ruifeng Liang +2 more
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Probabilistic assessment of the seismic vulnerability of a rammed earth construction: a case study [PDF]
Archives of Civil Engineering, 2022 Rammed earth significantly reduces intrinsic energy compared to concrete construction and has an environmental benefit throughout the life cycle of the building: phases of construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition.
Balil Jama +3 more
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PRELIMINARY STUDIES TO VALUE ENHANCEMENT OF THE OLD CITADEL IN ORIA, ALMERIA, SPAIN [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 During the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, the alcazaba of Oria (Old citadel) was considered one of the most outstanding medieval defensive ensembles in the province of Almeria.
J. Moya-Muñoz +2 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Earthen architecture largely supports the concept of sustainable building. In the seismically active area of eastern Croatia, there is a large number of rammed earth houses, many of which are over 100 years old.
Jelena Kaluđer +3 more
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