Earth is one of the oldest and most widely used building materials worldwide. Do you know of any reliable studies on the maximum density and bearing capacity of rammed earth (tapial) technique?
I am specially interested in informatinos about Peru.
Thank you, Hamit Can, for your answer. I was looking rather for publications outside researchgate ;-)
Fernando
I really do not know the load capacities, and I think the correct thing is to do the study for each place, because the composition of the soil and the load capacity of the soil, define the importance of the wall's resistance. It is also necessary to take into account the roof, if it made of wood it is minimum what requires resistance, but if the roof is with adobe, concrete, brick vault, etc ... the loads are exerted in different ways. I think the best thing is to do a survey of the systems used in Peru in your region and discover what is the vernacular architecture has developed over time. If you want more resistant, You have to crush until you guarantee 90% compaction that is the most resistant you can have.
In Spanish
Realmente desconozco las capacidades de carga, y creo que lo correcto es hacer el estudio para cada lugar, pues la composicion de la tierra y capacidad de carga del suelo, definen la importancia de la resistencia del muro. Tambien hay que tomar en cuenta el techo, si es de madera es minimo lo que requiere de resistencia, pero si el techo es con adobe, concreto, boveda de ladrillo, etc.. las cargas se ejercen en diferentes frmas. Creo que lo mejor es hacer un levantamiento de los sistemas utilizados en Peru en tu region y descubrir lo que la arquitectura vernacula ha desarrollado a lo largo del tiempo. Si quieres mas resistencia, Hay que apizonar hasta garantizar el 90% de compactación eso es lo más resistente que puedes tener.
Estimada Leticia,
muchas gracias por tu respuesta tan precisa.
Intentaremos hacer estudios precisos...
Gracias,
Fernando
Please find one of my article in related area.
Article Coconut fibre-reinforced cement-stabilized rammed earth blocks
Also you can check the publications of Dr. Deb Dulal Tripura, Assistant Professor, NIT Agartala. He has worked a lot on Rammed Earth Technology. Please find his profile here.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deb_Dulal_Tripura/contributions
Regards,
Shubham Raj
Please check reference below.. hope it will be helpful for you… Regards…
http://staff.bath.ac.uk/abspw/rammedearth/review.pdf
Dear Hussam Ali Mohammed,
thank you for this reference. It's a very good publication!
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