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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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Rammed earth construction with granitic residual soils: the case study of northern Portugal [PDF]
, 2013 Building in unstabilised rammed earth results in low environmental impact. However, northern Portugal has not historical tradition with this technique, and thus the suitability of the local granitic residual soils is unknown.
Cristelo, Nuno +5 more
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Rammed Earth Construction Using Cement & Coir Fibers
Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2023 The paper aims to investigate the geotechnical and mechanical properties of rammed earth blocks by analyzing their compressive and tensile strength, density, and durability, while taking into account the effects of coir elongation and cement content.
Devesh Jaysawal +2 more
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TULOU: THE RAMMED EARTH DWELLINGS OF FUJIAN (CHINA). FUNCTIONAL, TYPOLOGICAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE FEATURES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 This research is focused on different aspects concerning two types of Tulou: Minnan and Hakka Tulou. Through the analysis of eight case studies, we managed to highlight the relation between typological-functional features and constructive ones aiming to ...
E. Colafranceschi +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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Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2023 The continuous increasing in the price of cement is one of the major challenges facing the construction industry. Moreover, concrete mixtures are main sources of CO2 emissions.
Amer Al-Jokhadar, Yasmine Soudi
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Buildings, 2023 Under the trend of digitization and global carbon reductions, clay construction has increasingly attracted attention due to advantages such as an excellent thermal performance, low carbon emissions, and high cost-effectiveness.
Xunzhi Yin +5 more
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Rammed Earth Construction Nowadays - Comparing Methodologies and Design Between Portugal and USA [PDF]
, 2016 The future of earthen construction depends on the way it is adapted to our comfort needs, to the new standards and building codes. Based on site visits and interviews, this study is a comparative overview of several rammed earth recent works, in Portugal
Clara Pimenta do Vale +2 more
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Failure of rammed earth walls: from observations to quantifications [PDF]
, 2014 International audienceNowadays, rammed earth construction is attracting renewed interest throughout the world thanks to its "green" characteristics in the context of sustainable development. Firstly, using a local material (soil on site or near the site),
Bui, Quoc-Bao +3 more
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Cob, a vernacular earth construction process in the context of modern sustainable building [PDF]
, 2016 The will of reducing environmental and social impact of building industry has led to a renewed interest in earth construction. Most of earth construction literature dealt with rammed earth or adobe techniques, but very little with cob.
Cazacliu, B. +3 more
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