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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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Rammed Earth Construction: A Proposal for a Statistical Quality Control in the Execution Process [PDF]
, 2020 Unlike other common contemporary construction materials such as concrete, mortars, or fired clay bricks, which are widely supported by international standards and regulations, building with rammed earth is barely regulated.
Canivell, Jacinto +3 more
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Rammed earth walls in Mediterranean climate: material characterization and thermal behaviour [PDF]
, 2016 Rammed earth is considered a very sustainable construction system due to its low embodied energy, long service life and high recyclability. However, authors found that there is a lack of experimental results at real scale regarding rammed earth thermal ...
Bosch González, Montserrat +5 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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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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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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Rammed earth walls in the late middle age castles in the actual province of Soria, Spain [PDF]
, 2013 This paper analyzed the building techniques based in the use of rammed earth in the Late Medieval fortifications in the province of Soria, Spain. The manorial castles of Serón de Nágima and Yanguas were built completely with rammed earth.
Gil Crespo, Ignacio Javier
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Reinforcing rammed earth with plant fibers: A case study
Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2021 This paper is about an experimental study on the mechanical behavior of rammed earth under compression and indirect tensile stresses. Local raw earth and sand are the base materials used.
A. Koutous, E. Hilali
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