Use of Laterite as a sustainable building material in developing countries

International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1251-1258

  Kasthurba, A K ^a   Reddy, Krishna R ^b   Venkat Reddy, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

Author keywords

Building material; Developing countries; Geological; Geotechnical characters; Laterite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BUILDING MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MATERIALS HANDLING; SOILS; TROPICS;

GEOLOGICAL; GEOTECHNICAL; LATERITE; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORTATION COST; TROPICAL CONDITIONS; UNIVERSAL DATABASE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DEVELOPING WORLD; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; LATERITE; SUSTAINABILITY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84928263940     PISSN: 09745904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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