Assessing the anisotropy of rammed earth

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3005-3011

  Bui, Quoc Bao ^a,b   Morel, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Compressive strength; Rammed earth; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS; ELASTICITY MODULI; FIRST ORDER; HOMOGENIZATION PROCEDURE; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; RAMMED EARTH; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; STACKING LAYERS;

ANISOTROPY; MATERIALS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 67349168038     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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