Towards a simple compressive strength test for earth bricks? - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Materials and structures Année : 2016

Towards a simple compressive strength test for earth bricks?

Résumé

There is an increasing demand for earth construction in the world today but there is no consensus on the procedure to be used to measure the compressive strength of earth bricks. The study presented in this paper aims to propose a test procedure specific to earth bricks that would give the most realistic value of compressive strength while remaining as simple as possible. This study focused on four different bricks and consisted of measuring the compressive strength of these specimens by varying several parameters: specimen size, orientation, use of Teflon capping or not, and tests on dry sawn specimens, on half-bricks or on entire bricks. The results of the study show that the best compromise to achieve a simple and representative compressive strength test for earth bricks is to transform the bricks as little as possible before the test and thus to test entire bricks.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
P38 - revised version manuscript.pdf (432.3 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)
Loading...

Dates et versions

hal-01876654 , version 1 (18-09-2018)

Identifiants

Citer

Jean-Emmanuel Aubert, Pascal Maillard, J. Morel, M. Al Rafii. Towards a simple compressive strength test for earth bricks?. Materials and structures, 2016, 49 (5), pp.1641 - 1654. ⟨10.1617/s11527-015-0601-y⟩. ⟨hal-01876654⟩
136 Consultations
1117 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More