Experimental analysis and modelling of the mechanical behaviour of earthen bricks

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2067-2075

  Piattoni, Quintilio ^a   Quagliarini, Enrico ^a   Lenci, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adobe; Compressive strength; Earthen brick; Mud block; Predictive models; Straw

Indexed keywords

ADOBE; COMPRESSION TESTS; EARTHEN BRICK; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; LINEAR CORRELATION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MUD BLOCK; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SIZE EFFECTS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPACTION; COMPRESSION TESTING; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 78650881806     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.039     Document Type: Article

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