The selection of soils for unstabilised earth building: A normative review

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-251

  Jiménez Delgado, M Carmen ^a   Guerrero, Ignacio Cañas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Earth building; Soil suitability; Standards

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CRACKS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; SHRINKAGE; STANDARDS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COMPACTIBILITY; EARTH BUILDING; SOIL SELECTION; SOIL SUITABILITY;

SOILS;

EID: 33748296169     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.08.006     Document Type: Review

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