Air-Tightness and Acoustic Properties of SuperAdobe System

Abstract:

Paper presents results of measuring of airtightness and acoustic properties of clay house. This clay house was built as a "SuperAdobe house" from the bags filled with clay. Construction of the clay house is a cupola. Objective of the measurement was to evaluate the quality of peripheral construction in terms of airtightness. We also wanted to verify the acoustic parameters of earthen structures and determine the value of airborne sound insulation.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 899)
• Pages: 365-368
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.899.365
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Jiří Teslík, Naďa Zdražilová, Martina Vodičková
• Keywords: Acoustic, Air-Tightness, Clay House, SuperAdobe

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