Rammed earth sample production: Context, recommendations and consistency

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-286

  Hall, Matthew ^a   Djerbib, Youcef ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Rammed earth; Sample production

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DURABILITY; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SOILS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

RAMMED EARTH; SAMPLE PRODUCTION;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 1842507036     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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