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Conservation and maintenance of the rammed earth of the Historic City Wall of Pingyao，China
Loggia, Arquitectura & Restauración, 2019 One of the remarkable characteristics of the Ancient Pingyao City Wall, which has been listed as Cultural World Heritage Site in 1997, is the internal rammed earth face, behind the exterior brick finishing.
Dai Shibing, Li Hongsong
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Self-Compacting Earth-Based Composites: Mixture Design and Multi-Performance Characterisation
Buildings, 2022 A new generation of self-compacting earth-based composites (SCEC) for vertical elements with fully exposed earth, in which the main feature is the elimination of compaction, is proposed in the current work.
Ana Mafalda Matos, Humberto Varum
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Interpretación constructiva de la fábrica de tapia de tierra del castillo de Serón de Nágima (Soria) [PDF]
, 2013 The article analyzes the particular construction history of the Castle of Serón de Nágima (Soria, Spain). Its constructive technique is the rammed-earth and it has not any singular or stylistic element which could be taken as chronological: for this ...
Gil Crespo, Ignacio Javier
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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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Extended hygrothermal characterization of unstabilized rammed earth for modern construction
Construction and Building Materials, 2023 International audience ; Although hygrothermal properties of rammed earth represent great potential for improving thermal comfort during hot summers, still little knowledge is available about this topic. The literature lacks complete sets of hygrothermal characteristics of rammed earth, although they are fundamental for heat and moisture transfer ...
Alessia Emanuela Losini +11 more
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InfrastructuresRammed earth blocks have recently gained substantial popularity in construction materials due to their environmental benefits, energy saving, and financial effectiveness. These benefits are even more pronounced if waste materials such as olive waste ash (
Hassan Ghanem +5 more
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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringTraditional earth dwellings in Weishan Village, Liling City, Hunan Province, China, have experienced hundreds of years of wind and rain. In order to asses their seismic performance, a field survey was conducted on representative traditional rammed earth ...
Yujia Fan +3 more
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Experimental investigations on the compaction energy for a robotic rammed earth process
Frontiers in Built EnvironmentRammed earth is a construction material with a long history of traditional manufacturing. Due to its low environmental impact, positive impact on indoor climate and completely recyclable nature, its demand is also increasing in modern construction ...
Linus Paul Schmitz +5 more
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Hydric characterisation of rammed earth samples for different lime concentrations [PDF]
, 2018 The rehabilitation of ancient rammed earth houses, as well as the use of earthen materials in modern constructions, are a growing matter of concern, especially in area such as Rhône-Alpes, France, where 40% of old constructions are in rammed earth.
Adam E A +19 more
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Seismic behaviour of portuguese rammed earth buildings [PDF]
, 2015 Rammed earth is one of the oldest building materials in the world and is present in the Portugal with a particular focus in the South of the country.
Barros, Ricardo Freitas Lima da Silva +5 more
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