Compression behaviour of non-industrial materials in civil engineering by three scale experiments: The case of rammed earth

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1101-1116

  Bui, Quoc Bao ^a,b   Morel, Jean Claude ^a,b   Hans, Stéphane ^a,b   Meunier, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Compressed earth block; Elastic modulus; In situ testing; Rammed earth; Sustainable development; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BUILDING WALLS; COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCK; COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; DIFFERENT SCALE; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; EIGEN FREQUENCIES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU TESTING; INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS; LABORATORY TEST; LOAD-BEARING; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MICRO-MECHANICAL; PROMISING MATERIALS; RAMMED EARTH; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; VIBRATION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELASTIC MODULI; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 68849094684     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-008-9446-y     Document Type: Article

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