A microstructural insight into the hygro-mechanical behaviour of a stabilised hypercompacted earth
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 248933-245230-1293
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1617/s11527-018-1160-9
- Title of journal
- Materials and Structures
- Article number
- 32
- First page
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- Volume
- 51
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 1359-5997
- Open access status
- Deposit exception
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-018-1160-9
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Methods of characterising earth materials often focus on the macroscopic scale while neglecting their microstructural properties (pore size, chemical or mineralogical compositions). This paper is the first to use Infrared Spectroscopy to study the nature of chemical bonds in stabilised earth materials, offering a fundamental explanation for discrepancies in mechanical performances. This paper was selected as Outstanding Paper by the Materials and Structures editorial board. Received €200k by the ACBA Mecad project (20131101001) and led to further ACBA funding under the Performances hygrothermiques et durabilite de briques de terre crue pour l’ecoconstruction.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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