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 construction, adequate wall longitude, binding mortar between adobe bricks, adobe protection from weathering, etc.

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Main Authors: Rodríguez-Díaz,Miguel Ángel, Saroza-Horta,Belkis, Ruiz-Sánchez,Pedro Nolasco, Barroso-Valdés,Ileana Julia, Ariznavarreta-Fernández,Fernando, González-Coto,Felipe
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2014
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0012-73532014000300020
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