RT Journal Article
T1 Mechanical characterization and elastic stiffness degradation of unstabilized rammed earth
A1 Gil-Martín, Luisa María
A1 Fernández Ruiz, Manuel Alejandro
A1 Hernández-Montes, Enrique
K1 Construcción en tierra
K1 Estructuras (Construcción)
K1 Deformaciones y tensiones
AB Rammed earth is attracting renewed interest due to its sustainability. In this work, amechanical characterization of unstabilized rammed earth is presented. Compressivestrength, Young’s modulus, and Poisson’s ratio were determined, with the first of thesebeing the most representative mechanical property of rammed earth. Stress – straincurves were obtained from uniaxial compression tests. Creep is of great importance inthe long-term assessment of historical buildings and in the design of new ones. Samplesof rammed earth were subjected to a constant load for 15 days to study their creepbehavior. In order to simulate the long-term behavior of the material, differentrheological models were fitted to the experimental results. The instantaneousdeformation of rammed earth samples caused by a sudden additional load (maintaininga previous service load level) was also studied. This is the first time that thisphenomenon, called elastic stiffness degradation, has been studied for rammed earthmaterial.
PB Elsevier
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39833
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39833
LA eng
NO Gil-Martín, L.M., Fernández-Ruiz, M.A., Hernández-Montes, E., 2022. Mechanical characterization and elastic stiffness degradation of unstabilized rammed earth. Journal of Building Engineering. 56, 104805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104805
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/30697
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 25 ene 2026