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Cob: new researcherCharmaine R Taylor tms at northcoast.comMon Oct 29 11:33:13 CST 2001
Matthew, there are two good resources with lots of research and results already done. One is Appropriate Building Materiials- every clay mehod from coiled clay , wattle & daub, cob, to bamboo reinforced. Written in the UK the other is French, translated: Earth Construction- A Comprehensive Guide. lots of math crunching and testing done. Both can be viewed at: http://store.yahoo.com/dirtcheapbuilderbooks/adandearbuil.html here are some websites too: VITA- Stabilized Earth construction-22 pgs http://idh.vita.org/pubs/docs/book34.html Earth builing soil-test-bibliography http://www.dab.uts.edu.au/cnst/EBI/publications.html Craterre- French earth building site http://www.craterre.archi.fr/craterre/anglais/homepage.html Stabilized earth facts-article: http://www.rammedearthworks.com/facts.html Terra 2000 Earth Build Conference article online: http://www.hahaha.com.au/rammed.earth/Terra2000.asp Cinva Ram block making-soil results http://www.sarc.msstate.edu/gore/cinvablocks/cinva.html hope this helps Charmaine Taylor/ Taylor Publishing http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
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