1st Edition
Rammed Earth Construction Cutting-Edge Research on Traditional and Modern Rammed Earth
Rammed Earth Construction: Cutting-Edge Research on Traditional and Modern Rammed Earth is a collection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the First International Conference on Rammed Earth Construction (ICREC2015, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 10-13 February 2015) by academics, engineers and rammed earth practitioners from around the world. The topics discussed in the book include:
• Construction procedures
• Durability assessment
• Material characterisation
• Seismic design
• Soil suitability
• Structural and thermal performance
• Traditional and stabilised rammed earth structures
Rammed Earth Construction: Cutting-Edge Research on Traditional and Modern Rammed Earth will be a valuable reference for academics, engineers and practitioners for describing the state-of-the-art in rammed earth research and understanding.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Keynote papers
Rammed earth in the modern world
S. Dobson
The future and the common ground
D. Easton
Earthen construction: A geotechnical engineering perspective
C.E. Augarde
Rescuing a sustainable heritage: Prospects for traditional rammed earth housing in China today and tomorrow
R. Hu & J. Liu
Delegates’ papers
Improved thermal capacity of rammed earth by the inclusion of natural fibres
G. Barbeta Solà & F.X. Massó Ros
Strengthening mechanisms in Cement-Stabilised Rammed Earth
C. Beckett, D. Ciancio, S. Manzi & M. Bignozzi
Contemporary soil-cement and rammed earth in South Africa
G. Bosman & K. Salzmann-McDonald
The creep of Rammed Earth material
Q.B. Bui & J.-C. Morel
Discrete element modeling of Rammed Earth walls
Q.B. Bui, T.-T. Bui, A. Limam & J.-C. Morel
Recycled materials to stabilise rammed earth: Insights and framework
J.A.H. Carraro
A procedure to measure the in-situ hygrothermal behavior of unstabilised rammed earth walls
P.A. Chabriac, A. Fabbri, J.-C. Morel & J. Blanc-Gonnet
Notched mini round determinate panel test to calculate tensile strength and fracture energy of fibre reinforced Cement-Stabilised Rammed Earth
D. Ciancio, C. Beckett, N. Buratti & C. Mazzotti
Modular rammed earth masonry block
A.J. Dahmen & B.J.F. Muñoz
Who’s afraid of raw earth? Experimental wall in New England and the environmental cost of stabilization
A.J. Dahmen
Can we benefit from the microbes present in rammed earth?
N.K. Dhami & A. Mukherje
Preparing regulatory challenges and opportunities for small to medium residential scale stabilized rammed earth buildings in Canada
K.J. Dick & T.J. Krahn
Techniques of intervention in monumental rammed earth buildings in Spain in the last decade (2004–2013). 1% Cultural Programme
L. García-Soriano, C. Mileto & F. Vegas López-Manzanares
Investigation of energy performance of a rammed earth built commercial office building in three different climate zones of Australia
M.M. Hasan & K. Dutta
Earth Building—how does it rate?
P. Hickson
Rammed Earth in a concrete world
M. Krayenhoff
Rammed earth thermodynamics
M. Krayenhoff
Thermal performance summary of four rammed earth walls in Canadian climates
C. MacDougall, K.J. Dick, T.J. Krahn, T. Wong, S. Cook, M. Allen & G. Leskien
Dynamic behavior of scaled Cement Stabilized Rammed Earth building models
K.S. Nanjunda Rao, M. Anitha & B.V. Venkatarama Reddy
Rammed Earth construction for the Colorado Front Range region
R. Pyatt, C. O’Hara & R. Hu
Analytical model for predicting the stress-strain behaviour of Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth
L. Raju & B.V. Venkatarama Reddy
Advanced prefabricated rammed earth structures—mechanical, building physical and environmental properties
J. Ruzicka, F. Havlik, J. Richter & K. Stanek
The role of clay and sand in the mechanics of Soil-Based Construction Materials
J.C. Smith & C.E. Augarde
On the relevance of neglecting the mass vapor variation for modelling the hygrothermal behavior of rammed earth
L. Soudani, A. Fabbri, P.A. Chabriac, J.-C. Morel, M. Woloszyn & A.-C. Grillet
Structural behavior of Cement-Stabilized Rammed Earth column under compression
D.D. Tripura & K.D. Singh
Specimen slenderness effect on compressive strength of Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth
B.V. Venkatarama Reddy, V. Suresh & K.S. Nanjunda Rao
Earth construction: Poured earth mix design
J.A. Williamson & F.R. Rutz
Investigating the lateral capacity of wall top fixings in rammed earth materials
L.A. Wolf, C.E. Augarde & P.A. Jaquin
Potential of existing whole-building simulation tools to assess hygrothermal performance of rammed earth construction
M. Woloszyn, A.-C. Grillet, L. Soudani, J.-C. Morel & A. Fabbri
Author index
Biography
Daniela Ciancio, Christopher Beckett
