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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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Analysis of historic rammed earth construction [PDF]
, 2008 Rammed earth is an ancient construction technique which has recently become popular for sustainable building. Soil is compacted in removable formwork to make a homogeneous wall.
Jaquin, Paul A.
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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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Seismic performance of rammed earth town halls reinforced with confinement wooden elements
Revista Ingeniería de Construcción, 2020 There are few studies on the behavior of historic structures of adobe and rammed earth in Latin America, which has contributed to the deterioration of these buildings, which are part of our architectural and cultural heritage.
D. Ruiz, M. Silva, L. Cerón, C. López
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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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Mechanical characterization and elastic stiffness degradation of unstabilized rammed earth [PDF]
, 2022 Rammed earth is attracting renewed interest due to its sustainability. In this work, a mechanical characterization of unstabilized rammed earth is presented.
Gil-Martín, Luisa María +7 more
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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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A Study of Pattern Prediction in the Monitoring Data of Earthen Ruins with the Internet of Things
Sensors, 2017 An understanding of the changes of the rammed earth temperature of earthen ruins is important for protection of such ruins. To predict the rammed earth temperature pattern using the air temperature pattern of the monitoring data of earthen ruins, a ...
Yun Xiao +5 more
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