Flexural strength of compressed stabilized earth masonry materials

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3859-3868

  Jayasinghe, C ^a   Mallawaarachchi, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; LATERAL LOADS; LOAD BEARING; MASONRY WALLS; OUT-OF-PLANE BENDING; RAMMED EARTH; STRENGTH PARAMETERS;

BENDING STRENGTH; CLAY MINERALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FOUNDATIONS; MATERIALS;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 67349110831     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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