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Hi everybody
I'm trying to make a comprehensive list of all the tests that have been done on SB. And I would like to aquire a copy of all the reports that have been written on them. Your help to get the list complete and to find the contact information to get/buy the reports (including those mentioned below) will be greatly apreciated. I did visit DCAT's website, but did not find any reports on testing to download. So far I have listed: Chris Magwood wrote: Kris Dick, of the University of Manitoba, has been doing a bunch of testing on these issues lately. I know that he has specified a wire cross-bracing system for a couple of our projects (TLS #34 has a sketch), but has also put a lot of work into researching the cross-bracing effect of plastered sb walls. He has generated some numbers that are very positive, and might help convince your engineers. Chris Magwood wrote: The EBNet Conference CD-ROM has a good article, Straw Bale Shear Wall Lateral Load Test, California Polytechnic State University, December, 2000, By Jason Nichols &Stan Raap John Daglish wrote: Summary of Results of a Structural Straw Bale Testing Program based on a Masters thesis by Ghailene Bou-Ali. This is for a bale wall without render and centre pinned bale wall with thread rod pre-tensioning system. John Glassford wrote: Yesterday Mike Faine collected some Ganmain soil and Ganmain chaff to take back to the University of Western Sydney. Mike and his team are about to commence a series of structural load bearing tests using earth renders with a lime putty finish. John Glassford wrote: I carried out some tests on a sound studio that we built in Sydney a few years ago. The results were sent to the Archives. Catherine Wanek wrote: the New Mexico fire test results, of a successful 2-hour SB test to ASTM standards... Catherine Wanek wrote: a relatively new SB "Flame spread and Smoked developed fire test" was done last year and the results are very good. These have just been posted to the DCAT (Development Center for Appropriate Technology) website at: www.dcat.net so you can download them if needed http://www.azstarnet.com/~dcat/ Lars Keller wrote: On April 5th (2001) the Danish Fire Technical Institute will undertake two tests Herbert Gruber wrote: Our project, financed by the Austrian Ministry for Traffic, Technology and Innovation and in cooperation with GrAT (Group for Appropriate Technology at the University of Technology in Vienna) is finished: Herbert Gruber wrote: Concerning a full scale fire test for a straw bale building it was interesting for me to visit the report and video-presentation of Dr. Vahik Enjily from the Centre for Timber Technology and Construction, Building Research Establishment, UK (BRE: www.bre.co.uk) in Vienna. BRE built a six story timber and frame building in a hangar and made a lot of (full-scale-)fire tests under regular circumstances. The results are gathered in a study and are very interesting, I think. Now I believe (even when you build loadbearing) fire performance of strawbale houses is similar to timber & frame constructions because of the similar material (cellulose). Even our strawbale-wall-firetest (90 min. fire resistance for a plastered strawbale wall) showed results that are similar to other (insulated) timber and frame construction-fire tests, we know of. If you are interested, I could send you a copy of the study of BRE, or you wait ītil it is published online. Hannes Hohensinner wrote: GrAT is going to continue offical testing and will apply for certificates in sound insulation. Furthermore, with the errection of a demonstration building, the socalled S-House, next year, long term tests of all relevant parameters will be started and the results of these tests will be disseminated, for example through the internet. Hannes Hohensinner wrote: As offical tests and certificates are very important to convince officals and reduce prejudices we are planning to collect all available tests and certificates and put them on our homepage ( www.grat.tuwien.ac.at) to make them available for all straw bale builders. I received copies of: Bruce King: Ecomaterials Paper John Glassford: PRELIMINARY TEST RESULTS STRAW BALE WALLS. Mike Faine: A Pilot Study examining the Strength, Compressibility and Serviceability of Rendered Straw Bale Walls for Two Storey Load Bearing Construction. Bye, Andre La Maison en Paille Habitat Eco-Logique Andre & Coralie de Bouter Le Trezidoux 16290 Champmillon Charente, France Tel. (0)5 45 66 27 68 m.ep@laposte... www.la-maison-en-paille.com La Maison en Paille Habitat Eco-Logique Andre & Coralie de Bouter Le Trezidoux 16290 Champmillon Charente, France Tel. (0)5 45 66 27 68 m.ep@laposte... www.la-maison-en-paille.com |