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Micromorphological description of vernacular cob process and comparison with rammed earth [PDF]
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2020 Past 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.
Erwan Hamard +4 more
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Thermophysical Characteristics of Clay for Efficient Rammed Earth Wall Construction. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 This case study focuses on twelve compacted clay soil samples to understand their fundamental physical and thermal properties. For each sample, the density, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, specific heat, and drying shrinkage were assessed. The identification and characterisation of the materials were also carried out by positioning them into
Petcu C +5 more
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Thermal insulation and mechanical performance of sustainable rammed earth walls incorporating construction and demolition waste and calcium oxide [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe construction industry must reduce its environmental footprint and use sustainable materials with low energy and carbon emissions. Conventional masonry and concrete are reliable, durable, and widely used construction materials, but they use up natural
Waleed Fouad +3 more
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Residual granitic soil improvement for rammed earth construction [PDF]
, 2012 This paper describes the research developed to evaluate the performance of stabilised residual granitic soil from the north region of Portugal. It is part of a research project designed to investigate the possibility of using this soil for rammed earth ...
Cristelo, R. +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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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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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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Hygrothermal characterization of rammed earth according to humidity variations [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Rammed earth construction is built by compacting humid soil into formworks layer by layer, using clay fraction as only binder between the grains, without firing procedure.
Losini Alessia Emauela +5 more
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Design Optimisation Strategies for Solid Rammed Earth Walls in Mediterranean Climates
Energies, 2021 The renewed attention paid to raw earth construction in recent decades is linked to its undoubted sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and low embodied energy. In Italy, the use of raw earth as a construction material is limited by the lack of a technical
Giada Giuffrida +3 more
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