Rammed Earth Construction

Preface Acknowledgements Keynote papers Rammed earth in the modern world S. Dobson The future and the common ground D. Easton Earthen construction: A geotechnical engineering perspective C.E. Augarde Rescuing a sustainable heritage: Prospects for traditional rammed earth housing in China today and tomorrow R. Hu & J. Liu Delegates' papers Improved thermal capacity of rammed earth by the inclusion of natural fibres G. Barbeta Sola & F.X. Masso Ros Strengthening mechanisms in Cement-Stabilised Rammed Earth C. Beckett, D. Ciancio, S. Manzi & M. Bignozzi Contemporary soil-cement and rammed earth in South Africa G. Bosman & K. Salzmann-McDonald The creep of Rammed Earth material Q.B. Bui & J.-C. Morel Discrete element modeling of Rammed Earth walls Q.B. Bui, T.-T. Bui, A. Limam & J.-C. Morel Recycled materials to stabilise rammed earth: Insights and framework J.A.H. Carraro A procedure to measure the in-situ hygrothermal behavior of unstabilised rammed earth walls P.A. Chabriac, A. Fabbri, J.-C. Morel & J. Blanc-Gonnet Notched mini round determinate panel test to calculate tensile strength and fracture energy of fibre reinforced Cement-Stabilised Rammed Earth D. Ciancio, C. Beckett, N. Buratti & C. Mazzotti Modular rammed earth masonry block A.J. Dahmen & B.J.F. Munoz Who's afraid of raw earth? Experimental wall in New England and the environmental cost of stabilization A.J. Dahmen Can we benefit from the microbes present in rammed earth? N.K. Dhami & A. Mukherje Preparing regulatory challenges and opportunities for small to medium residential scale stabilized rammed earth buildings in Canada K.J. Dick & T.J. Krahn Techniques of intervention in monumental rammed earth buildings in Spain in the last decade (2004-2013). 1% Cultural Programme L. Garcia-Soriano, C. Mileto & F. Vegas Lopez-Manzanares Investigation of energy performance of a rammed earth built commercial office building in three different climate zones of Australia M.M. Hasan & K. Dutta Earth Building-how does it rate? P. Hickson Rammed Earth in a concrete world M. Krayenhoff Rammed earth thermodynamics M. Krayenhoff Thermal performance summary of four rammed earth walls in Canadian climates C. MacDougall, K.J. Dick, T.J. Krahn, T. Wong, S. Cook, M. Allen & G. Leskien Dynamic behavior of scaled Cement Stabilized Rammed Earth building models K.S. Nanjunda Rao, M. Anitha & B.V. Venkatarama Reddy Rammed Earth construction for the Colorado Front Range region R. Pyatt, C. O'Hara & R. Hu Analytical model for predicting the stress-strain behaviour of Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth L. Raju & B.V. Venkatarama Reddy Advanced prefabricated rammed earth structures-mechanical, building physical and environmental properties J. Ruzicka, F. Havlik, J. Richter & K. Stanek The role of clay and sand in the mechanics of Soil-Based Construction Materials J.C. Smith & C.E. Augarde On the relevance of neglecting the mass vapor variation for modelling the hygrothermal behavior of rammed earth L. Soudani, A. Fabbri, P.A. Chabriac, J.-C. Morel, M. Woloszyn & A.-C. Grillet Structural behavior of Cement-Stabilized Rammed Earth column under compression D.D. Tripura & K.D. Singh Specimen slenderness effect on compressive strength of Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth B.V. Venkatarama Reddy, V. Suresh & K.S. Nanjunda Rao Earth construction: Poured earth mix design J.A. Williamson & F.R. Rutz Investigating the lateral capacity of wall top fixings in rammed earth materials L.A. Wolf, C.E. Augarde & P.A. Jaquin Potential of existing whole-building simulation tools to assess hygrothermal performance of rammed earth construction M. Woloszyn, A.-C. Grillet, L. Soudani, J.-C. Morel & A. Fabbri Author index