The influence of natural reinforcement fibres on insulation values of earth plaster for straw bale buildings

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4676-4685

  Ashour, Taha ^a   Wieland, Hansjörg ^b   Georg, Heiko ^c   Bockisch, Franz Josef ^b   Wu, Wei ^d  

^a Benha University   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c Institute of Organic Farming   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Earth plaster; Reinforcement fibres; Straw bale buildings; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

FIBRE CONTENT; NATURAL REINFORCEMENTS; PLASTER REINFORCEMENT; SAND CONTENT; STRAW BALE BUILDINGS; STRAW BALES; THERMAL PARAMETERS; WHEAT STRAWS; WOOD SHAVINGS;

FIBERS; REINFORCEMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

PLASTER;

EID: 77954145307     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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