Some recommendations for the construction of walls using adobe bricks

This paper shows some results of the analysis of wall construction with adobe bricks, carried out in a pilot building in Villa Clara, Cuba. Our main objective was to obtain some construction recommendations to avoid the humidity due to capillarity. The recommendations deal with uprising speed of con...

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Autores:
Rodríguez-Díaz, Miguel Ángel
Saroza-Horta, Belkis
Ruiz-Sánchez, Pedro Nolasco
Barroso-Valdés, Ileana Julia
Ariznavarreta-Fernández, Fernando
González-Coto, Felipe
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/72194
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/72194
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/36667/
Palabra clave:
Adobe
building materials
collar beams
lintels
opening of the wall.
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:This paper shows some results of the analysis of wall construction with adobe bricks, carried out in a pilot building in Villa Clara, Cuba. Our main objective was to obtain some construction recommendations to avoid the humidity due to capillarity. The recommendations deal with uprising speed of construction, adequate wall longitude, binding mortar between adobe bricks, adobe protection from weathering, etc.