Assessing the effects of soil grading on the moisture content-dependent thermal conductivity of stabilised rammed earth materials

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 740-747

  Hall, Matthew ^a   Allinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Moisture; Physical properties; Stabilised rammed earth; Thermal analysis; Thermodynamic calculations

Indexed keywords

CURING; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SOILS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DRY DENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; MATERIAL VARIATIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; SATURATION RATIOS; STABILISED RAMMED EARTH; STABILISED RAMMED EARTHS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL RESISTANCES; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; VOID RATIOS; WALL DESIGNS;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 56049124366     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.03.051     Document Type: Article

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