Compressive strength testing of compressed earth blocks

By J. Morel, A. Pkla, P. Walker. 2007

400 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes

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In Building and Construction

1. A. Shea
2. Nasim Uddin
3. Marwan Mostafa
4. F. McGregor
5. Andrew Heath
6. E. Fodde

In Civil and Structural Engineering

1. A. Shea
2. F. McGregor
3. Andrew Heath
4. E. Fodde
5. Humberto Varum

In Earth-Surface Processes

1. Nasim Uddin
2. Marwan Mostafa
3. Andrew Heath
4. Humberto Varum

Citations in the corpus

• Compression behaviour of non-industrial materials in civil engineering by three scale experiments: the case of rammed earth (2009, neutral): “[11].”
• The influence of natural reinforcement fibers, gypsum and cement on compressive strength of earth bricks materials (2016, background): “[20] summarized the mechanical behavior of unstabilized rammed earth, where the compressed earth blocks produced with manual press usually possess compressive strengths in a range of 1.”
• Mechanical properties of adobe bricks in ancient constructions (2012, background): “In the investigation of the structural behavior of adobe buildings, the study of the mechanical behavior of the constituent materials of adobe masonry is an important first step [14].”
• Role of lime with cement in long-term strength of Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks (2014, background): “Compressive strength of the block has become a basic and universally acceptable unit of measurement to specify the quality of masonry units, as this is an indirect measure of durability of the blocks (Walker, 2004; Morel et al., 2007).”
• Conditions affecting the moisture buffering measurement performed on compressed earth blocks (2014, background): “The potential for microporous building materials to self-regulate indoor humidity levels has been studied by Padfield (1998) who identified unfired clay masonry as one of the materials having the highest potential and the present study is therefore focussed on these materials.”
• Experimental analysis of Compressed Earth Block (CEB) with banana fibers resisting flexural and compression forces (2016, background): “Straw fiber as a structural reinforcement agent allows an increase in compressive strength of at least 15% compared to non-reinforcedmaterials [14].”