Effect of the addition of coal-ash and cassava peels on the engineering properties of compressed earth blocks

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 276-286

  Villamizar, María Catalina Niño ^a   Araque, Vanessa Spinosi ^a   Reyes, Carlos Alberto Ríos ^a   Silva, Reinaldo Sandoval ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b Disec Ingenieros Ltda   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cassava peels; Coal ash; Compressed earth blocks; Earth construction; Engineering properties

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA PEEL; COLOMBIA; COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS; EARTH CONSTRUCTION; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; HOUSING MATERIALS; HOUSING PROBLEM; HYDRAULIC MACHINES; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PRODUCTION PROCESS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; SOILS;

COAL;

EID: 84862598886     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.04.056     Document Type: Article

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