Various Types of Earth Buildings

Niroumand, Hamed; Zain, Muhammad Fauzi Mohd.; Jamil, Maslina

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.839

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“…Cob Buildings are similar to adobe brick structures. The ratio of straw, which holds the mud together is higher than the ratio of adobe bricks (Niroumand et al, 2013). Advantages of using Cob Building construction techniques include: ability to provide the material from the construction site, constructing creative solutions that enable the placement of various furniture, shelves, etc.…”

Section: Adobe Brick Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Alternative Approach to Building Construction: Natural Building Techniques

Erbil¹

2018

EJSD

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Concerns about the environment around the world are increasing in recent years. As a countermeasure to these concerns, interest in natural building techniques has begun to increase because of the high environmental, social and economic costs of existing construction methods and the potential for natural structures to be a solution to the problem of sustainable living. With natural building techniques it is possible to construct buildings with materials and techniques that are ecologically sound, culturally sensitive, based on local resources and skills, and affordable to local residents. Adobe buildings, cob buildings, earthbags, rammed earth buildings, straw bale buildings, earthships are among the construction techniques utilized for this purpose. In this article, natural building techniques are introduced in a general framework. Increasing usage of natural construction techniques that have the potential to be a solution to the environmental problems in the world by the construction professionals and the construction sector, and supporting developments with research, supporting volunteers, who will take steps in this field, with government policies, and increasing the interest of the users and their awareness should be regarded as a necessity.

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Section: Adobe Brick Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The forged wall is formed by pressing adobe between molds to obtain a monolithic wall. It is known that a part of the Great Wall is made by this method (Niroumand et al, 2013). In conventional methods, the mud is transferred into the molds and pressed by hand force.…”

Section: Rammed Earth Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Alternative Approach to Building Construction: Natural Building Techniques

Erbil¹

2018

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“…In the field of sustainable development, there is an increasing interest in constructive procedures characterized by appropriate technologies and low-cost materials (Niroumand et al, 2013;Maskell et al, 2016;Franco et al, 2016Franco et al, , 2017Sassu et al, 2016 a,b). In particular, the focus on raw earth as a material for civil constructions is promoted by its recyclability, local availability, environmental sustainability, low cost and ease of use.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Production procedures and mechanical behaviour of interlocking stabilized compressed earth blocks (ISCEBs) manufactured using float ram 1.0 press

Sassu¹,

Romanazzi²,

Giresini³

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10.5267/j.esm

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This paper illustrates an innovative manufacturing procedure for producing handcrafted interlocking stabilized compressed earth blocks (ISCEBs). A comparison of the mechanical properties of ISCEBs is conducted to assess the influence of varying components. The ISCEBs are manufactured by employing different block densities with three distinct mixtures (earth, earth and lime, earth and straw) and by using a human-powered machine named Float RAM 1.0 Press. The manual press was conceived for regions with limited access to technology and allows the production of interlocking blocks via two modes of compaction: mono-directional and bi-directional. A production average of approximately 30 blocks/hour corresponding to the work of three people is achieved. Three-point bending tests and uniaxial compression tests are carried out to investigate the ISCEB mechanical behaviour. The improvements obtained by incorporating additives into the subset of ISCEBs made from a pure earth mixture are tested. The aim of this work is to identify, for this specific technology, the relationship between production parameters and the consequent behaviour of different stabilization methods. A correlation is found between the compaction force and the compression strength of ISCEBs. The addition of lime increases strength and causes the blocks to exhibit a brittle behaviour. Moreover, the incorporation of straw fibres improves the tensile strength and ductility without significantly affecting the compression strength of the blocks. Energy-based parameters are obtained for all the tests, allowing the assessment of the ISCEB mechanical and dissipation properties.

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“…There are several available techniques where these materials are employed with structural purposes, namely as earth blocks (adobe), compressed earth blocks (CEB), rammed earth and cob [3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%