Much research has been devoted over the past 30 years to the development of construction
materials that can lower the environmental and economic costs of buildings over their entire …

The Earth construction is the oldest building practice on the world. Around 30% of the world
population lives in buildings made of earth materials. These materials offer economic and …

Soil-based construction materials are of interest as structural building materials due to their
green credentials, as well as being present in many historical structures. For effective …

Earthen construction materials are often chemically stabilised in order to improve their
durability against water-induced deterioration. However, chemical stabilisers like cement …

This study concerns the coupled hydro-mechanical behavior of rammed earth, which is a
real difficulty for the development of this construction technique. Unconfined compressive …

This paper investigates the mechanical behaviour of a hypercompacted unstabilized earth
material manufactured by compressing a moist soil to very high pressures up to 100 MPa …

The construction industry's growing demand for earthen materials faces a hurdle due to
limited knowledge regarding their fire performance. The present work aims to assess the fire …

Experimental studies have been undertaken to understand the link between hydric state and
mechanical behaviour of rammed earth. Prismatic rammed earth sample of 15 cm× 15 cm× …

This paper investigates the recyclability, liquid water durability and water vapour adsorption
of both unstabilised and stabilised compressed earth bricks. Stabilised bricks were …

This chapter reviews the potential impact of six environmental agents (water, ice, wind, fire,
solar radiation and chemical attack) on the long-term stability of earth buildings together with …