Artigos - NOCMAT 2009 (Non-conventional Materials and Technologies)

De 6 a 9 de Setembro decorreu em Bath (Reino Unido) a 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies - NOCMAT 2009. Entre outros materiais, o programa incluiu também uma secção extensa dedicada à construção em terra.

Estes são alguns exemplos dos artigos apresentados:

- PRODUCTION OF LOW COST BUILDING MATERIALS USING LOCAL RESOURCES FOR POSSIBLE USE IN DISASTER SITUATION
M Alshaaer, A I Abu Tair

- UNFIRED BRICKS MADE OF CLAY-GYPSUM: MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES
José Luis Reyes Araiza, Alejandro Manzano-Ramírez, Yuri Vorobiev and José de Jesús Pérez Bueno

- TENSILE STRENGTH OF EARTH MORTARS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON EARTH MASONRY BEHAVIOR
Givanildo Azeredo and Jean Claude Morel

- CONSTRUCTION OF SAFE AND HEALTHY ADOBE HOUSES AFTER THE PISCO 2007 EARTHQUAKE IN PERU
Marcial Blondet, Julio Vargas, Álvaro Rubiños

- THE INDUSTRIALISED EARTHEN PRODUCTS CHALLENGE IN THE ITALIAN BUILDING TRADE
Gaia Bollini

- STABILISED INTERLOCKING RAMMED EARTH BLOCKS: ALTERNATIVES TO CEMENT STABILISATION
Gordon Browne

 

- ASSESSING THE ANISOTROPY OF RAMMED EARTH
Quoc-Bao Bui, Jean-Claude Morel

- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SELECTION AND STABILIZATION OF SOIL FOR RAMMED EARTH WALL CONSTRUCTION
Steve Burroughs

- ACHIEVING CARBON NEUTRAL STRUCTURES THROUGH PURE TENSION: USING A FABRIC FORMWORK TO CONSTRUCT RAMMED EARTH COLUMNS AND WALLS
Alan Chandler, Rowland Keable

- UKU: CONCEPT TO CONSTRUCTION USING FLAX-FIBRE REINFORCED STABILISED RAMMED EARTH
J S Cheah, T K K B Morgan

 

Apesar de já residir no Reino Unido nessa altura, infelizmente, não tive a possibilidade de assistir. Depois de alguma pesquisa, há uns dias encontrei os artigos desta conferência online!  Para os interessados, aqui fica a LIGAÇÃO.