... author: f.pardo.s@cedex.es) 15 12 2017 01 05 2018 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2020 buildings, structures & design energy piles & piling c′ effective cohesion c_u undrained shear strength q_c...

... is essential for cob building structure design and calculation. This paper presents an improved laboratory procedure to better the characterisation of representative cob samples. Samples prepared by four different methods were compared to representative cob wall elements, by measuring shrinkage ratio, pore...

...) resting on the surface, may not exceed 2 cm. The production of such a surface requires a substantial constructional engineering input (Averesch and Schicketanz, 1998). buildings, structures & design fabric/structure of soils strength & testing of materials...

... ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2018 buildings, structures & design fabric/structure of soils strength & testing of materials a, b soils constants (reference strain concept) B Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient...

...@manchester.ac.uk) 26 08 2015 29 07 2016 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2018 buildings, structures & design energy finite-element modelling A sum of the heat convection components A₀ annual amplitude of the surface soil temperature...

.... (corresponding author: gowthaman.sinnathamby@aalto.fi ; gowthas@gmail.com) 24 07 2015 04 03 2016 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2017 buildings, structures & design energy piles & piling The frost cell is made up of a thermally insulated (polyurethane) Teflon...