TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental studies on the thermal and moisture properties of rammed earth used in adobe buildings in China
AU - Yan, Zengfeng
AU - Lam, Joseph C.
AU - Liu, Jiaping
PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - Among the rich diversity of Chinese vernacular buildings, adobe building is a special kind of building using rammed earth for its external walls. The primary aim of this study is to examine quantitatively the thermal and moisture properties of the rammed earth. This paper presents the experimental results of these properties, which include the density, thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, moisture sorption isotherms and the surface absorption/desorption mass flux rates.
AB - Among the rich diversity of Chinese vernacular buildings, adobe building is a special kind of building using rammed earth for its external walls. The primary aim of this study is to examine quantitatively the thermal and moisture properties of the rammed earth. This paper presents the experimental results of these properties, which include the density, thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, moisture sorption isotherms and the surface absorption/desorption mass flux rates.
KW - Adobe
KW - China
KW - Moisture content
KW - Thermal properties
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U2 - 10.3763/asre.2005.4808
DO - 10.3763/asre.2005.4808
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0003-8628
VL - 48
SP - 55
EP - 60
JO - Architectural Science Review
JF - Architectural Science Review
IS - 1
ER -