
Nonconventional and Vernacular Construction Materials
Characterisation, Properties and Applications
Description
Key Features
- Takes a scientifically rigorous approach to vernacular and non-conventional building materials and their applications
- Includes a series of case studies and new material on codes and regulations, thus providing an invaluable compendium of practical knowhow
- Presents the wider context of materials science and its applications in the sustainability agenda
Readership
Table of Contents
Part 1: Nonconventional and Vernacular Materials
1. What we learn from vernacular construction
2. Introduction to nonconventional materials and an historic retrospective of the field
3. Future directions for nonconventional and vernacular material research and applications
4. Characterization of vegetable fibers and their application in cementitious compositesPart 2: Natural Fibres
5. Natural fibre-reinforced noncementitious composites (biocomposites)
6. Straw bale constructionPart 3: Concrete and Mortar
7. Utilization of industrial by-products and natural ashes in mortar and concrete: development of sustainable construction materials
8. Dry-stack and compressed stabilised earth-block construction
9. Unfired clay materials and construction
10. Earthen materials and constructions
11. Ancient stone masonry constructionsPart 4: Timber, Bamboo and Paper
12. Nonconventional timber construction
13. Bamboo material characterization
14. Bamboo design and construction
15. Engineered Bamboo
16. An Engineered bamboo for structural applications
17. Paperboard tubes in structural and construction engineering
Product details
- No. of pages: 716
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2019
- Published: November 18, 2019
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081027042
- eBook ISBN: 9780081027059
About the Editors
Kent Harries

Affiliations and Expertise
Bhavna Sharma
Affiliations and Expertise
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