| Description |
iii, 65 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Bulletin / National Building Technology Centre ; no. 5 |
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Bulletin (National Building Technology Centre (Australia)) ; no. 5
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| Contents |
2.4.4. Soils for machine made blocks --2.4.4.1. Cement-stabilised pressed blocks -- 2.4.4.2. Unstabilised pressed blocks -- 2.5. Dimensional consistency -- Section 3. Design criteria -- 3.1. General -- 3.2. Durability -- 3.3. Structural properties -- 3.3.1. Structural values -- 3.3.2. Distance between openings -- 3.3.3. Design for wind loading -- 3.4. Fire resistance -- 3.4.1. Fire rating -- 3.4.2. Combustibility -- 3.5. Air-borne sound transmission -- 3.6. Thermal properties -- 3.6.1. Insulation -- 3.6.2. Thermal mass -- Section 4. Rammed-earth (pise) construction -- 4.1. Preparation of soil -- 4.2. Formwork -- 4.3. compaction -- 4.4. General considerations -- 4.5. Holding-down bolts -- Section 5. Mud brick (adobe) construction -- 5.1. Preparation of soil -- 5.2. Moulding blocks -- 5.3. Laying blocks -- 5.4. Holding-down bolts -- Section 6 - Pressed soil block construction -- |
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6.1. Cinva-ram construction -- 6.1.1. Preparation of soil -- 6.1.2. Moulding of blocks -- 6.1.3. Mortar -- 6.1.4. Wall construction -- 6.2. Mechanically pressed-soil block construction -- 6.2.1. Block-making machines -- 6.2.2. Preparation of the soil -- 6.2.3. Moulding of blocks -- 6.2.4. Mortar -- 6.2.5. Wall construction -- 6.2.6. Holding-down bolts -- Appendix A. Method of determining the necessary depth of embedment of holding down-bolts -- B. The composition and method of application of cement-render coats to earth-wall construction -- C. Bituminous stabilisation of soils -- D. Accelerated erosion test -- E. Method for determination of compressive strength -- F. Metricated summary of Table 10 from report BMS 78 'Structural, heat transfer and water permeability properties of five earth-wall constructions', National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1941. G. Determination of density of rammed earth. of Don Sanders, S |
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Section 1. Scope and General -- 1.1. Scope -- 1.2. Site selection -- 1.3. Orientation for solar design -- 1.4. Footings -- 1.5. Damp-proof course -- 1.6. Lintels -- 1.7. Holding-down bolts and top- plate -- 1.8. Chimneys and fireplaces -- 1.9. Fixing of doors and windows -- 1.10. Wet areas -- 1.11. Fixing to walls -- 1.12. Coatings -- 1.13. Installation of services -- 1.14. Garden walls and boundary fences -- 1.15. Reinforcement -- 1.16. Cyclone-resistant construction -- 1.17. Earthquake-resistant construction -- 1.18. Frame cosntruction -- 1.19. Protected walls -- Section 2. Selection of soil -- 2.1. The nature of soil -- 2.2. Artificial soils -- 2.3. Soil stabilisation -- 2.3.1. General -- 2.3.2. Clay stabilisation -- 2.3.3. Cement stabilisation -- 2.3.4. Bituminous stabilisation -- 2.3.5. Lime stabilisation -- 2.3.6. Chemical stabilisation -- 2.4. Assessment of soils -- 2.4.1. General -- 2.4.2. Soils for mud brick (adobe) -- 2.4.3. Soils for rammed-earth (pise) -- |
| Notes |
Commonwealth of Australia 1987 |
| Subject |
Building, Adobe -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Building, Adobe.
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Earth construction -- Australia.
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Earth construction.
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Earth houses -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Earth houses -- Australia -- Design and construction.
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Earth houses.
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Pisé -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Pisé.
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Walls.
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| Author |
Schneider, L. M.
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National Building Technology Centre (Australia)
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| LC no. |
91229423 |
| ISBN |
064212289X |
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