Performance characteristics of lateritic soil bricks fired at low temperatures: A case study of Cameroon

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 121-131

  Mbumbia, Laurent ^a   Mertens De Wilmars, Albert ^a   Tirlocq, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Ctr Rech l'Industrie Belge C   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BUILDING MATERIALS; LOW TEMPERATURE TESTING; SOIL MECHANICS;

CEMENTITIOUS BINDER; SOIL BRICKS;

BRICK CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0343777414     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(00)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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