International Workshop on Rammed Earth Materials and Sustainable Structures &

Forum on Hakka Rammed Earth Buildings (Tulou)’ 2011

 

In conjunction with

International Symposium on Innovation & Sustainability of Structures in Civil Engineering (ISISS’2011)

October 28 -30, 2011, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

 

 

Date:   Oct 28 – 31, 2011              Place:      Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

 

 

Organized by

West Virginia University Constructed Facilities Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Xiamen University Department of Civil Engineering, Xiamen, Fujian, China

 

 

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Cover Page

 

Preface

Jie Li, Tongji University, China

Ying Lei, Xiamen University, China

Zhi Shen Wu, Ibaraki University, Japan

Rui-Feng Liang, West Virginia University, USA

 

Introduction to Rammed Earth and Hakka Tulou Special Session

Rui-Feng Liang

West Virginia University, USA

 

Table of Contents

 

Keynote Papers

 

Advanced Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

Gangarao Hota and Rui-Feng Liang

West Virginia University, USA

 

A Smart Wireless Sensor Network for Structural Damage Detection

Ying Lei, Lijun Liu, Yongqiang Jiang, Yuliang Tang and Yu Luo

Xiamen University, China

 

Invited Papers

 

Translational Research in Mechanics and Materials with Emphases on Sustainability and Durability

Ken P. Chong, Jiao-Yan Li, and James D. Lee, George Washington University, USA

Shuang-Ling Chong, Federal Highway Administration (retired), USA

 

Use of Rammed Earth in Aboriginal Remote Communities of Western Australia: A Case Study on Sustainability and Thermal Properties

Daniela Ciancio                                                                      

Univ of Western Australia, Australia

 

An Overview of Some Current Recommendations on the Suitability of Soils for Rammed Earth

Daniela Ciancio, Univ of Western Australia, Australia

Paul Jaquin, Ramboll, Sweden and Earth Building UK

 

The Distinctions of Architectural Morphology Between Tubao and Tulou in Fujian

Zhi-Jian Dai                                                                         

Xiamen University, China

 

A History of Rammed Earth in Asia

Paul Jaquin                                                                          

Ramboll, Sweden and Earth Building UK

 

Spatial Order and Typology of Hakkadellings

Kazutoshi Katayama                                                                   

Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

 

Traditional Environmental Knowledge in Hakka Weilongwu: from the view of Anthropology of Landscape

Hironao Kawai                                                                       

Sun Yat-sen University, China

 

Nondestructive Evaluation of Historic Hakka Rammed Earth Structures

Rui-Feng Liang, Gangarao Hota, and Daniel Stanislawski, West Virginia University, USA

Ying Lei, Yan-Hao Li, and Yong-Qiang Jiang, Xiamen University, China

 

Structural Responses of Hakka Rammed Earth Buildings under Earthquake Loads

Rui-Feng Liang, Daniel Stanislawski and Gangarao Hota                                     

West Virginia University, USA

 

Heaven and Earth in Tulou Design

Keith D. Lowe                                                                         

Tsung Tsin Association of Ontario, Canada

 

Experimental Study of Cement Mortar-Steel Fiber Reinforced Rammed Earth Wall

Miao Pang, Shuai Yang, and Yong-Qiang Zhang                                             

Zhejiang University, China

 

Environmental Assessment and Preservation for Fujian Hakka Villages

Minoru Ueda

MU Design Japan                                                                         

 

Sustainable Technology Research and Demonstration Center for Earth Structures

Minoru Ueda and Judy Ueda                                                            

MU Design Japan                                                                          

 

The Genes of Tulou: A Study on Preservation and Sustainable Development of Tulou

Shao-Sen Wang, Su-Yu Li, and Shi-Jie Liao                                                  

Xiamen University, China

 

A Report of Contemporary Rammed Earth Construction and Research in North America

Bly Windstorm                                                                        

North American Rammed Earth Builders Association and Earth Dwell Ltd, USA

 

Review on Technics of Rammed Earth Wall

Cheng-Bin Zhou and Yong-Ning Liang                                                     

Fuzhou University, China

 

Performance Observations of the Beijing Area’s Unrestored Great Wall: ‘Rammed Earth and Rubble Core’

David Dark

Executive Director Even Pina Architecture Ltd. (HK)

 

Index

 

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            Jun Chen, China, Credit for Forum screen picture

 

Richard Yelland, Director of History Made for Tomorrow, USA, heartfelt words to Hakka people

 

Paul Jaquin, Earth Building UK, Rammed Earth in Asia

 

Ruifeng Liang, West Virginia University, USA, Engineering assessment of Hakka Tulou

 

Bly Windstorm, Earth Dwell Ltd, USA, North American experience

 

Minoru Ueda, MU Design Japan, Environmental assessment of Hakka Tulou

 

Miao Pang, Zhejiang University, China, Strengthening rammed earth building using FRPs

 

Keith D. Lowe, Tsung Tsin Association of Ontario, Canada, Culture sustainability of Hakka Tulou

 

Shao-Sen Wang, Xiamen University, China, Genes of Hakka Tulou

 

David Dark, Even Pina Architecture Ltd. (HK), Great Wall and rammed earth

 

Zhi-Jian Dai, Xiamen University, China, Hakka earth structures

 

Ken P. Chong, George Washington University, USA, Sustainability

 

Judy Ueda, MU Design Canada, the Center of Earth Structures project

 

Ladjili Karim, Studio Milou Architecture, Singapore, First experience in earthen construction in Tunisia

 

Marc AUZET, CRATerre, International Center for Earth Construction, France

 

Xingqian Peng, Huaqiao University, China, Erosion damage of earth buildings

 

Kazutoshi Katayama, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan, Hakka dwellings

 

Zhiqiang Su, Yongding Fujian, China, Construction techniques of Hakka Tulou

           

Paul Jaquin, Ramboll Sweden, Rammed earth in Europe

 

Cheng-Bin Zhou, Fuzhou University, China, review of rammed earth constructions

 

Bly Windstorm, North American Rammed Earth Builders Association, USA, Rammed earth Standards

 

Martin Singer, York University, Canada, a warm invitation to Toronto Hakka Conference

 

Yeshi Gyetsa, Khampa Caravan, Switzerland, Ringa Mountain Farm, Shangri-la

 

Raefer Wallis, A00 Architecture, Shanghai, China, rammed earth in China

 

 

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For more information, please contact the Workshop Organizer:

Dr. Ruifeng (Ray) Liang

West Virginia University Constructed Facilities Center

Morgantown, WV 26506

rliang@mail.wvu.edu

(304) 293 9348