TY  - GEN
AU  - Jagadish, K. S.
TI  - Building with stabilized mud
SN  - 9788189866211
U1  - 691 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - I. K. International pub. house pvt. ltd.
N1  - CONTENTS
Preface xi
1.   Introduction 1
1.1   General 1
1.2   Why build with mud? 1
1.3   To Stabilize or not to 2
2.   Selection of Materials 3
2.1   Soils and their Characteristics 3
2.2   The Stabilized Mud Block 5
2.3   Selection of Soils for 8MB Manufacture 6
2.4   Stabilizers 7
2.5   Waste Materials for Building Blocks 8
3.   Compaction of Soils 9
3.1   The Process 9
3.2   Machines for Making Mud Blocks 11
4.  The Mud Block Press: Mardini 13
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5.   The Process of Block Manufacture 15
5.1 Soil Preparation  16
5.2 Mixing Soil and Stabilizer 16
5.3 Addition of Moisture to the Mixture 17
5.4 Block Pressing in the Mardini 18
5.5 Stacking and curing the blocks 24
5.6 Labor Utilization in Block Production 26
5.7 Troubleshooting in block making 28
6.   Maintenance of the Mud Block Press: Mardini 31
6.1    Regular Maintenance 31 
6.2   Periodic Maintenance 33
7.   Evaluation of Stabilized Mud Blocks 34
7.1 The wet compressive strength test 34
7.2 The alternate wetting and drying test 36
7.3 Expansion on Saturation Test  37
8.   Wall Construction with Stabilized Mud Blocks 38
8.1 Varieties of block bonding for walls 3 8
8.2 General precautions during SMB wall construction 41
8.3 Designed blocks for special applications 44
8.4 Mortars for wall construction 45
8.5 Waterproof coatings 46
9.   Cost Analysis of Stabilized Mud Block Walls 48
9.1 Cost Analysis 48
9.2 Cost advantages in SMB 49
9.3 Useful information in cost analysis 50
10. Building with Unstabilized Mud 51
10.1 Construction using plain mud 51
10.2 Protecting mud walls against rain 54
10.3 Part Stabilized Mud Block 5 6
11. Alternatives in Stabilized Blocks 58
11.1 Fine concrete blocks 58
11.2 Steam cured lime based blocks 59
11.3 The Stabilized Adobe 61
11.4 The Stabilized Mud Concrete 63
12. Rammed Earth 64
12.1 Introduction 64
12.2 Equipment for Rammed Earth 65
12.3 The process of ramming 67
13. Spread of Stabilized Mud Construction in
Karnataka and India 6 9
13.1 Introduction 69
13.2 Early Examples: The Pre-ASTRA Phase 69
13.3 Later Research & Development:
The ASTRA Phase 71
13.4 The Breakthrough: House of Yogananda 7 4
13.5 The Yelahanka Episode: The First Setback 7 8
13.6 Technology Dissemination:
Stake Holder Entrepreneurs 79
References 81
Plates 1-15 85

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