Increasing the strength of soil for adobe construction

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-386

  Reman, Orhan ^a  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adobe; Building Materials; Earth blocks; Stabilized mud blocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144333073     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2000.9697547     Document Type: Article

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