Preliminary communication

https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.3608.2022

Physical properties of the soil in the walls of traditional eastern Croatia rammed earth houses

Jelena , , , Kaluđer
Ivan Kraus
Ana Perić
Ivana Brkanić Mihić

Abstract

In eastern Croatia rammed earth houses were traditionally built in the past. The choice of suitable soil for building rammed earth houses depends on several soil properties. Moreover, since there are no standards or recommendations for construction of rammed earth houses in Croatia, the construction and renovation of such houses is almost non-existent nowadays. With the aim of forming detailed recommendations for eastern Croatia area in near future, soil samples were collected from existing houses to test the physical properties of the soil. Obtained results showed that Atterberg limits are within the limits of the recommended values and published results in the literature, while particle size distribution differs from most recommendations and published results.

Keywords

traditional houses; rammed earth; particle size distribution; Atterberg limits; organic content; density

Hrčak ID:

312985

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/312985

Publication date:

31.12.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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