Structural Wall Design Appendix C
Rammed Earth Design and Construction Guidelines PDF
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When a more rigorous approach for checking the
structural resistance of rammed earth walls is required, a procedure
based on load bearing masonry design may be used. The methodology is
based upon a limit state philosophy in which characteristic
compressive strengths and factored design loads (actions) are used.
Other suitable, recognised and accepted structural design approaches
may also be used.
An updated guide would benefit from a number of
additions, particularly concerning chalk and the greater understanding
of clay stabilisation of chalk. But the main improvement would be the
removal of a lower strength limit which is not helpful to the design
discussion.
The Guide has become a de-facto standard in the UK, the basis of a
BREEAM energy standard for rammed earth and a National Building
Specification for architects in the RIBA system. |
