Modern earth buildings materials, engineering, construction and applications
The construction of earth buildings has been taking place worldwide for centuries. With the improved energy efficiency, high level of structural integrity and aesthetically pleasing finishes achieved in modern earth construction, it is now one of the leading choices for sustainable, low-energy build...
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| Other Authors | , , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Oxford :
Woodhead Pub Ltd.,
2012.
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| Series | Woodhead Publishing in energy ;
no. 33. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780857096166 9781628703795 9780857090263 |
| Physical Description | 1 online zdroj (xxxi, 776 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction to modern earth buildings: Overview of modern earth building
- Hygrothermal behaviour and occupant comfort in modern earth buildings
- Fabric insulation, thermal bridging and acoustics in modern earth buildings
- Modern earth building codes, standards and normative development
- Passive house design: a benchmark for thermal mass fabric
- pt. 2. Earth materials engineering and earth construction: Soil materials for earth construction: properties, classification and suitability testing
- Alternative and recycled materials for earth construction
- Soil mechanics and earthen construction: strength and mechanical behaviour
- Soil stabilisation and earth construction: materials, properties, and techniques
- Integral admixtures and surface treatments for modern earth buildings
- Weathering and durability of earthen materials and structures
- pt. 3. Earth building technologies and earth construction techniques: History of earth building techniques
- Stabilised soil blocks for structural masonry in earth construction
- Modern rammed earth construction techniques
- Pneumatically impacted stabilized earth (PISE) construction techniques
- Conservation of historic earth buildings
- pt. 4. Modern earth structural engineering: Earth masonry structures: arches, vaults and domes
- Structural steel elements within stabilised rammed earth walling
- Natural disasters and earth buildings: resistant design and construction
- Embankments and dams
- pt. 5. Application of modern earth construction: International case studies: North American modern earth construction
- Australian modern earth construction
- European modern earth construction
- Modern rammed earth construction in China.