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Traditional building materials based on primary natural resources can be used for green housing concepts with energy eco-efficiency and the health of the living space, representing a special group of innovative materials for the construction industry. They are developed by using and improving the local, traditional technologies and concepts applied on basic, natural raw materials (clay and sand, wood, straw, wool, etc.), for the general purpose of creating the living space in a sustainable, environmentally friendl...

The research program consisted of 3 tests series that was carried out in a foundation cushion using recycled concrete aggregates as stuffing material and geosynthetic materials such as geogrids and geocells as reinforcement. It has been used a steel box with following dimensions 1x1x1.5 m. At the top of the foundation cushion it was sat a concrete foundation (with an area of 0.4 x 0.4 m) and there were applied vertically centered static loads. The dynamic loads were applied using a shaking table that has a maximum...

Considering that there are more and more situations where there is a need of building structures on low strength capacity grounds, we need to find efficient methods not only from the technic-economical point of view, but also from the time consuming point of view. The rapid impact compaction method is also an energy efficient method because there can be used any type of ground found in the site (gravel). The process itself itпїЅs the usage of a device that consists in falling weight of 5 to 9 tons from a controlle...