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Seismic behaviour analysis and retrofitting of a row building [PDF]
, 2015 Rammed earth is one of the oldest building materials in the world and is present in Portugal with a particular focus in the South of the country.
Barros, R. S. +5 more
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Assessment of heritage rammed-earth buildings. The Alcázar of King Don Pedro I (Spain). [PDF]
, 2020 The conservation and maintenance of earthen buildings is crucial, especially when dealing with heritage sites. This normally involves considerable effort in preliminary studies, which must be well planned in order to efficiently manage any restoration ...
Canivell, Jacinto +3 more
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Post-Earthquake Home Reconstruction in the Surrounding Hills of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, PRP 200 [PDF]
, 2018 In April of 2015, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Kathmandu Valley at the center of Nepal. Within the following year, Kathmandu was struck by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks.
Eaton, David J., Josh, Niraj Prakash
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DETERMINATION OF DRYING TIME OF THE RAMMED EARTH WALLS
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2018 The unburned earth is a building material with long history of use. Buildings made of unburned clay are all over the world. But at present, unburned earth is minority building material and its properties are not sufficiently investigated.
Tereza Plaček Otcovská +2 more
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Impacts on the Embodied Energy of Rammed Earth Façades During Production and Construction Stages
Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2019 Rammed earth is a technique for constructing sustainable buildings, with a low energy demand encompassing the whole life cycle of buildings. Soil from the excavation can be compressed on-site to build a façade.
Lisa Nanz +3 more
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Fracture Energy of Stabilised Rammed Earth
Procedia Materials Science, 2014 AbstractUnstabilised rammed earth (RE) is the name given to both a construction method and a material that has been used by Man for thousands of years. Recently, it has received renewed interest as the desire for sustainable construction methods has increased, as it commonly uses subsoil from the construction site, hence reducing waste and transport ...
Corbin, A., Augarde, C.E.
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Analysis of the water absorption test to assess the intrinsic permeability of earthen materials [PDF]
, 2019 International ...
Antonin Fabbri +38 more
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Experimental Study on Frost Resistance of Rammed Earth Building Materials
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2018 To study the freezing resistance of rammed earth building materials. Different areas of rammed earth are selected and rammed earth samples are prepared according to relevant provisions of China referring to the relevant literature.
Yuming Liang
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Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2021 The oasis of Southeast Morocco possesses outstanding earthen architecture built with a mixture of rammed earth and mud brick construction. This work is a contribution to the valorization of earth building materials used in the oases to preserve this ...
Abdellah Mellaikhafi +4 more
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Micromorphological description of vernacular cob process and comparison with rammed earth [PDF]
, 2019 International audiencePast builders have developed very low-embodied energy construction techniques optimizing the use of local building materials. These techniques are a source of inspiration for modern sustainable building. Unfortunately, this know-how
Cammas, Cécilia +4 more
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