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The Effect of Natural Filler on Enhancing Strength for Unstabilized Rammed-Earth Walls
This research’s experimental analyses have at their aim to improve the “unstabilized” rammed earth’s mechanical properties while choosing sandy limestone as a particular soil under investigation. The parameters studied here are 1) natural infill materials coupled with bond substances as an independent variable and 2) a rise in compressive strength as a dependent variable. Existing research shows that the “unstabilized” technique not only inheres a relatively low strength test but also has been labeled with water “infiltration”. Despite this technique’s environmental advantages, moisture ingress remains yet unresolved. This research addresses this issue by interlocking the raw material particles that are induced by the compaction process while substantially relying on clay as a bond substance to achieve density. A noticeable rise in mechanical strength follows in this research’s findings by the natural infill material physically interlocking the sandy limestone mixture grains through the “particle size distribution”. Another finding suggests that the infill’s effect contributes to the “unstabilized” rammed earth’s material strength, however, in conjunction with the aid of bond substances to arguably help a chemical bonding to occur between the fine particles residing between the large grains; the gravels.
The Effect of Natural Filler on Enhancing Strength for Unstabilized Rammed-Earth Walls
This research’s experimental analyses have at their aim to improve the “unstabilized” rammed earth’s mechanical properties while choosing sandy limestone as a particular soil under investigation. The parameters studied here are 1) natural infill materials coupled with bond substances as an independent variable and 2) a rise in compressive strength as a dependent variable. Existing research shows that the “unstabilized” technique not only inheres a relatively low strength test but also has been labeled with water “infiltration”. Despite this technique’s environmental advantages, moisture ingress remains yet unresolved. This research addresses this issue by interlocking the raw material particles that are induced by the compaction process while substantially relying on clay as a bond substance to achieve density. A noticeable rise in mechanical strength follows in this research’s findings by the natural infill material physically interlocking the sandy limestone mixture grains through the “particle size distribution”. Another finding suggests that the infill’s effect contributes to the “unstabilized” rammed earth’s material strength, however, in conjunction with the aid of bond substances to arguably help a chemical bonding to occur between the fine particles residing between the large grains; the gravels.
The Effect of Natural Filler on Enhancing Strength for Unstabilized Rammed-Earth Walls
RILEM Bookseries
Amziane, Sofiane (editor) / Merta, Ildiko (editor) / Page, Jonathan (editor) / Abu-Orf, Hazem (author)
International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials ; 2023 ; Vienna, Austria
2023-06-14
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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