Embodied energy in cement stabilised rammed earth walls

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 380-385

  Venkatarama Reddy, B V ^a   Prasanna Kumar, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Compaction energy; Embodied energy; Rammed earth; Stabilised earth; Wall

Indexed keywords

CEMENT CONTENT; CLAY FRACTIONS; COMPACTION ENERGY; COMPACTION PROCESS; EARTH WALL; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY CONTENT; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY INPUTS; FIELD CONDITIONS; LOAD BEARING WALLS; LOW CARBON; RAMMED EARTH; RAMMED EARTH BUILDINGS; STABILISED RAMMED EARTHS;

CLAY MINERALS; COMPACTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATERIALS HANDLING; SOILS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SOIL CEMENT;

EID: 72649093012     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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