Mechanical Behaviour of Earth Building Materials

H. N. Abhilash; Erwan Hamard; C. T. S. Beckett; Jean-Claude Morel; Humberto Varum; Dora Silveira; I. Ioannou; R. Illampas

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83297-1_4

Mechanical Behaviour of Earth Building Materials

H. N. Abhilash, Erwan Hamard, C. T. S. Beckett, Jean-Claude Morel, Humberto Varum, Dora Silveira, I. Ioannou, R. Illampas

School of Engineering

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Earth based building materials having low or negligible carbon footprint are looked upon as a sustainable alternative building material in the construction sector. The confidence of using any building material is augmented with through understanding of its mechanical properties. A brief review on the mechanical properties of the building materials such as Rammed Earth, Earth Blocks (Adobe, Compressed Earth Block, and Extruded Blocks) and Cob, which are manufactured using raw earth or by adding very little additives are presented in this chapter. The mechanical behaviour of earth based building material is highly dependent on raw material, manufacturing technique and testing conditions. Therefore it is highly recommended to conduct through experimental campaign for every soil mix. This chapter also presents various experiments recommended to study the mechanical properties of the materials.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Title of host publication	Testing and Characterisation of Earth-based Building Materials and Elements
Subtitle of host publication	State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM TC 274-TCE
Editors	Antonin Fabbri, Jean-Claude Morel, Jean-Emmanuel Aubert, Quoc-Bao Bui, Domenico Gallipoli, B.V. Venkatarama Reddy
Publisher	Springer
Pages	127-180
Number of pages	54
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-83297-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83297-1_4
Publication status	Published - 27 Nov 2021

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Name	RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports
Publisher	Springer
Volume	35
ISSN (Print)	2213-204X
ISSN (Electronic)	2213-2031

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Earth building
Rammed earth
Unsaturated Soils

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Defining a generic accelerated erosion testing method for earthen materials
Beckett, C. & Faria, P., 24 Apr 2023, E3S Web of Conferences Volume 382 (2023) : 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023) . EDP Sciences, Vol. 382. 6 p. 05002. (E3S Web of Conferences).
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Abhilash, H. N., Hamard, E., Beckett, C. T. S., Morel, J.-C., Varum, H., Silveira, D., Ioannou, I., & Illampas, R. (2021). Mechanical Behaviour of Earth Building Materials. In A. Fabbri, J.-C. Morel, J.-E. Aubert, Q.-B. Bui, D. Gallipoli, & B. V. V. Reddy (Eds.), Testing and Characterisation of Earth-based Building Materials and Elements: State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM TC 274-TCE (pp. 127-180). (RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports; Vol. 35). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83297-1_4

Abhilash, H. N. ; Hamard, Erwan ; Beckett, C. T. S. et al. / Mechanical Behaviour of Earth Building Materials. Testing and Characterisation of Earth-based Building Materials and Elements: State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM TC 274-TCE. editor / Antonin Fabbri ; Jean-Claude Morel ; Jean-Emmanuel Aubert ; Quoc-Bao Bui ; Domenico Gallipoli ; B.V. Venkatarama Reddy. Springer, 2021. pp. 127-180 (RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports).

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Abhilash HN, Hamard E, Beckett CTS, Morel JC, Varum H, Silveira D et al. Mechanical Behaviour of Earth Building Materials. In Fabbri A, Morel JC, Aubert JE, Bui QB, Gallipoli D, Reddy BVV, editors, Testing and Characterisation of Earth-based Building Materials and Elements: State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM TC 274-TCE. Springer. 2021. p. 127-180. (RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-83297-1_4

Mechanical Behaviour of Earth Building Materials

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Defining a generic accelerated erosion testing method for earthen materials

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