Moisture ingress in rammed earth: Part 2 - The effect of soil particle-size distribution on the absorption of static pressure-driven water

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 374-383

  Hall, Matthew ^a   Djerbib, Youcef ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Initial surface absorption; Moisture ingress; Rammed earth

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; EARTH (PLANET); PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

INITIAL SURFACE ABSORPTION; MOISTURE INGRESS; RAMMED EARTH;

MOISTURE;

EID: 33644866189     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.01.035     Document Type: Article

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