Effect of the coconut fibers and cement on the physico-mechanical and thermal properties of adobe blocks.

This work aimed to investigate the effect of cement and coconut fibers on the thermal and physico-mechanical characteristics of adobe blocks. Thus, a clayey raw material consisting of kaolinite (62 wt%), quartz (31 wt%), goethite (2 wt%) with a plasticity index of 21.5 % was used to manufacture adobe blocks amended with cement and coconut fibers.

Physical, Hydric, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Earth Renders Amended with Dolomitic Lime.

The global objective of this work was to manufacture resistant and durable (water resistant) earth renders with good thermal insulation. For this purpose, a medium plastic clayey soil from Kôdéni (Burkina Faso), constituted by kaolinite (62 wt.%), quartz (31 wt.