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Testing and Characterisation of Earth-based Building Materials and Elements

State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM TC 274-TCE

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Editors:
  1. Antonin Fabbri

    1. Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes, École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’Etat, Vaulx-en-Velin, France

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  2. Jean-Claude Morel

    1. Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Centre for the Built and Natural Environment, Coventry University, Conventry, UK

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  3. Jean-Emmanuel Aubert

    1. Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

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  4. Quoc-Bao Bui

    1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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  5. Domenico Gallipoli

    1. Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et Travaux Publics, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Anglet, France

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  6. B.V. Venkatarama Reddy

    1. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bengaluru, India

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  • Written by leading experts in the field
  • Provides an overview of most standards on earthen materials, whatever their origin and their language
  • Offers a compilation of the value classically obtained for the key parameters of earthen materials

Part of the book series: RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports (RILEM State Art Reports, volume 35)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. General Introduction

    • Erwan Hamard, Antonin Fabbri, Jean-Claude Morel
    Pages 1-15

  3. Characterization of Earth Used in Earth Construction Materials

    • Jean-Emmanuel Aubert, Paulina Faria, Pascal Maillard, Kouka Amed Jérémy Ouedraogo, Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon, Elodie Prud’homme
    Pages 17-81

  4. Hygrothermal and Acoustic Assessment of Earthen Materials

    • Antonin Fabbri, Jean-Emmanuel Aubert, Ana Armanda Bras, Paulina Faria, Domenico Gallipoli, Jeanne Goffart et al.
    Pages 83-126

  5. Mechanical Behaviour of Earth Building Materials

    • H. N. Abhilash, Erwan Hamard, C. T. S. Beckett, Jean-Claude Morel, Humberto Varum, Dora Silveira et al.
    Pages 127-180

  6. Seismic Assessment of Earthen Structures

    • Quoc-Bao Bui, Ranime El-Nabouch, Lorenzo Miccoli, Jean-Claude Morel, Daniel V. Oliveira, Rui A. Silva et al.
    Pages 181-210

  7. Durability of Earth Materials: Weathering Agents, Testing Procedures and Stabilisation Methods

    • Domenico Gallipoli, Agostino W. Bruno, Quoc-Bao Bui, Antonin Fabbri, Paulina Faria, Daniel V. Oliveira et al.
    Pages 211-241

  8. Codes and Standards on Earth Construction

    • B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Jean-Claude Morel, Paulina Faria, P. Fontana, Daniel V. Oliveira, I. Serclerat et al.
    Pages 243-259

  9. Environmental Potential of Earth-Based Building Materials: Key Facts and Issues from a Life Cycle Assessment Perspective

    • Anne Ventura, Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon, Martin Röck, Torben Hecht, Vincent Roy, Paula Higuera et al.
    Pages 261-296
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About this book

This book presents the work done by the RILEM Technical Committee 274-TCE. It focuses on the estimation of the parameters which are necessary to properly design earthen constructions. It provides a compilation of the value classically obtained for the key parameters of earthen materials, a pedagogical presentation of the main testing procedures for earthen materials, their advantage and their drawback and an overview of most standards on earthen materials, whatever their origin and their language.The book is divided into eight chapters. After a general introduction on earthen materials and constructions, the state of the art on the material characterisation technics, the assessment of hygrothermal performance, the mechanical behaviour, seismic resistance and the durability will be presented, each in a dedicated chapter. On the basis of these last chapters, a critical review of the standards which are used for earthen material will be presented in the last chapter. The last chapter is dedicated to the analysis of the environmental potential of earth-based building materials.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes, École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’Etat, Vaulx-en-Velin, France

    Antonin Fabbri

  • Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Centre for the Built and Natural Environment, Coventry University, Conventry, UK

    Jean-Claude Morel

  • Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

    Jean-Emmanuel Aubert

  • Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

    Quoc-Bao Bui

  • Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et Travaux Publics, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Anglet, France

    Domenico Gallipoli

  • Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bengaluru, India

    B.V. Venkatarama Reddy

About the editors

Jean-Claude Morel is professor at the Centre for the Built and Natural Environment, Coventry University, UK, and also serves as director of research of the French Ministry of Sustainabilty at Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat of Lyon, France.

Domenico Gallipoli is professor at University of Genoa, Italy, and researcher at Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et Travaux Publics, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France.

Venkatarama Reddy B.V. is professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. His research interests include structural masonry, mechanics of materials, energy in buildings, green buildings, low carbon construction materials, flowable earth mix concrete, geopolymers and recycling solid wastes into construction materials.

Jean-Emmanuel Aubert is professor at Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions, University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France. His research themes are the sustainable and low-impacts construction materials especially in the fields of waste valorization in concrete and road construction, and earthen construction materials.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Testing and Characterisation of Earth-based Building Materials and Elements

  • Book Subtitle: 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

  • Series Title: RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83297-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: RILEM 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83296-4Published: 27 November 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83299-5Published: 28 November 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83297-1Published: 26 November 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2213-204X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-2031

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 296

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Building Materials, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Structural Materials

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