AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF PINE NEEDLES AND STRAW FIBERS ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF ADOBE EARTH BLOCKS WITH CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-56
Author(s):  
S. Nasla ◽  
K. Gueraoui ◽  
M. Cherraj ◽  
A. Samaouali
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Mechanical Behavior ◽  
Pine Needles ◽  
Earth Blocks

The influence of the addition of ground olive stone on the thermo-mechanical behavior of compressed earth blocks

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Samia Djadouf ◽  
Nasser Chelouah ◽  
Abdelkader Tahakourt
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Mechanical Behavior ◽  
Agricultural Waste ◽  
Hydraulic Press ◽  
Dry Density ◽  
Olive Stone ◽  
Compressed Earth Blocks ◽  
Clay Matrix ◽  
Earth Blocks

Sustainable development and environmental challenges incite to valorize local materials such as agricultural waste. In this context, a new ecological compressed earth blocks (CEBS) with addition of ground olive stone (GOS) was proposed. The GOS is added as partial clay replacement in different proportions. The main objective of this paper is to study the effect of GOS levels on the thermal properties and mechanical behavior of CEB. We proceeded to determining the optimal water content and equivalent wet density by compaction using a hydraulic press, at a pressure of 10 MPa. The maximum compressive strength is reached at 15% of the GOS. This percentage increases the mechanical properties by 19.66%, and decreases the thermal conductivity by 37.63%. These results are due to the optimal water responsible for the consolidation and compactness of the clay matrix. The substitution up to 30% of GOS shows a decrease of compressive strength and thermal conductivity by about 38.38% and 50.64% respectively. The decrease in dry density and thermal conductivity is related to the content of GOS, which is composed of organic and porous fibers. The GOS seems promising for improving the thermo-mechanical characteristics of CEB and which can also be used as reinforcement in CEBS.

scholarly journals An experimental study of the motion of ice past obstacles by the process of regelation

1976 ◽  
Vol 17 (75) ◽  
pp. 79-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Transition Point ◽  
Water Layer ◽  
Single Object ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Basal Sliding

AbstractThe results of regelation experiments, in which a single object is pulled through ice, cannot be applied directly to the problem of basal sliding in glaciers because the two systems have different geometries. When the force applied to a single object is small, impurities trapped in the regelation water-layer around the object inhibit the regelation process. At larger forces, above the Drake-Shreve transition point, impurities are shed in a trace behind the object. However, when ice moves over a series of obstacles a trace may exist above and below the transition point. The regelation velocity below the transition point is not reduced by the effect of trapped impurities. In an experiment in which brass cylingerrs of various cross-sections rotate in ice, the ratio between the expected regelation velocity, calculated using the basal-sliding theory of Nye, and the measured regelation velocity is 8±2, both above and below the transition point. The same ratio has been obtained by other workers with wires of similar thermal conductivity above the transition point. Measurements of température differences indicate that supercooling cannot be the main source of the unexpectedly low regelation velocities above the transition point.

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