Abstract
A Proposed Experimental Method for the Preparation of Rammed Earth Material - written by Ahmed Koutous , El Mokhtar Hilali published on 2019/07/18 download full article with reference data and citations
Highlights
The methods used around the world to build with raw earth vary from region to region depending on the nature of the locally available earth, climatic conditions and local know-how
As shown in the figure, the grain-size curve characterizing this earth does not fit into the spindle specific to rammed earth construction technique
In order to ensure that this mixture grain-size curve is perfectly in conformity with the spindle specific to rammed earth technique, the mixture is made with weight ratio of 1/3 sand and 2/3 earth
Summary
The methods used around the world to build with raw earth vary from region to region depending on the nature of the locally available earth, climatic conditions and local know-how. In the case where the construction technique is not prescribed, the construction method should be chosen according to the nature of the locally available earth. It is either try to find, as far as possible, the most suitable earth for the chosen method, or to modify and stabilize the locally available earth to improve its quality. A standard method can be established for the formulation of earth-based materials in order to obtain predefined characteristic properties. It is this approach that we have followed in the case study covered in this paper. As for the state of the art on this subject, some references are discussed in the 3rd part in which the proposed experimental method is described
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