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Thursday 12 February (Morning)
08:15-08:30
Thursday 12 February (Afternoon)
Welcome
Session 3: Case studies
Keynote talk
08:30-09:30
Chair:
Earthen construction: a geotechnical engineering perspective
Charles Augarde, Durham University
R. Hu
13:45-15:00
Session 1: Rammed earth structures—1
Chair:
C. Beckett
09:30-10:30
Discrete element modelling of rammed earth walls
Q.B. Bui & J.C. Morel
Notched mini round determinate panel test to calculate tensile
strength and fracture energy of fibre-reinforced CSRE
D. Ciancio, C. Beckett, N. Buratti & C. Mazzotti
Modular rammed earth masonry block
A.J. Dhamen & B.J.F. Muñoz
Dynamic behaviour of scaled cement stabilized rammed earth
building models
K.S. Nanjunda Rao, M. Anitha & B.V. Venkatarama Reddy
Morning tea 10:30-11:00
P. Jaquin
11:00-12:30
Session 4: Rammed earth structures—2
Investigation of energy performance of a rammed earth build
commercial office building in three different climate zones of
Australia
M.M. Hasan & K. Dutta
Earth building—how does it rate?
P. Hickson
Rammed earth thermodynamics
M. Krayenhoff
Thermal performance summary of four rammed earth walls in
Canadian cliamtes
C. MacDougall, K. Dick, T.J. Khran, T. Wong, S. Cook, M. Allen &
G. Leskien
On the relevance of neglecting the mass vapour variation for
modelling the hygrothermal behaviour of rammed earth
L. Soudani, A Fabbri, P.-A. Chabriac, J.-C. Morel, M. Woloszyn &
A.-C. Grillet
Potential of existing whole-building simulation tools to assess
hygrothermal performance of rammed earth construction
M. Woloszyn, A.-C. Grillet, L. Soudani, J.-C. Morel & A. Fabbri
Lunch 12:15-13:30
Keynote talk
08:30-09:30
Chair:
C. Augarde
09:30-10:30
Strengthening mechanisms in CSRE
C. Beckett, D. Ciancio, S. Manzi & M. Bignozzi
Recycled materials to stabilise rammed earth: Insights and
framework
J.A.H. Carraro
Analytical model for predicting the stress-strain behaviour of
CSRE
B.V. Venkatarama Reddy, V. Suresh & K.S. Nanjunda Rao
Earth construction: Poured earth mix design
J.A. Williamson & F.R. Rutz
Morning tea 10:30-11:00
Session 6: Unstabilised rammed earth materials
The creep of rammed earth material
Q.B. Bui & J.-C. Morel
A procedure to measure the in-situ hygrothermal behaviour of
unstablised rammed earth walls
P.A. Chabriac, A. Fabbri, J.-C. Morel & J. Blanc-Gonnet
Can we benefit from the microbes present in rammed earth?
N.K. Dhami & A. Mukherje
The role of clay and sand in the mechanics of soil-based
construction materials
J.C. Smith and C.E. Augarde
Techniques of intervention in monumental rammed earth
buildings in Spain in the last decade (2004-2013). 1% Cultural
Programme
L. Garcia-Soriano, C. Mileto & F.V. López-Manzanares
Advanced prefabricated rammed earth structures—mechanical,
building physical and environmental properties
J. Ruzicka, F. Havlik, J. Richter & K. Stanek
Structural behaviour of CSRE column under compression
D.D. Tripura & K.D. Singh
Specimen slenderness effect on compressive strength of CSRE
B.V. Venkatarama Reddy, V. Suresh & K.S. Nanjunda Rao
Investigating the lateral capacity of wall top fixings in rammed
earth materials
L.A. Wolf, C.E. Augarde & P.A. Jaquin
Chair:
16:45-17:00
Close
12:00-12:15
Thank you and close
19:00-23:00
Gala Dinner
13:00
Transport from Watershed back to Perth
Chair:
D. Ciancio
15:30-16:45
J.A.H. Carraro
11:00-12:00
ICREC 2015 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
Rescuing a sustainable heritage: Prospects for traditional
rammed earth housing in China today and tomorrow
Rongrong Hu, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology
Session 5: Stabilised rammed earth materials
Afternoon tea 15:00-15:30
Session 2: Thermal studies
Chair:
Contemporary soil-cement and rammed earth in South Africa
G. Bosman & K. Salzmann-McDonald
Who’s afraid of raw earth? Experimental wall in New England
and the environmental cost of stabilization
J. Dhamen
Preparing regulatory challenges and opportunities for small
tomedium residential scale stabilised rammed earth buildings in
China
K.J. Dick &T.J. Khran
Rammed earth in a concrete world
M. Krayenhoff
Rammed earth construction for the Colorado front range region
R. Pyatt, C. O’Hara & R. Hu
Friday 13 February
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