A sustainable alternative to traditional building materials: assessing stabilised soil blocks for performance and cost in Malawi

Autor: Rachel Hershey, Marc Kalina, Innocent Kafodya, Elizabeth Tilley

Publikováno v: International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 155-165 (2023)

Within Malawi, and across the Global South, the adoption of stabilised soil blocks (SSBs) as a sustainable alternative to burnt clay bricks, has been hindered by the high cost of stabilisers. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the performance

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Mechanical Performance and Physico-Chemical Properties of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) in Malawi

Autor: Innocent Kafodya, Debojyoti Basuroy, Joseph Mwiti Marangu, Grant Kululanga, Riccardo Maddalena, Viviana Iris Novelli

Publikováno v: Buildings, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 740 (2023)

Malawi is one of the least-developed countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with disaster-prone housing infrastructure characterized by poor construction materials. Therefore, there is a need to provide resilient and cost-effective materials, such as limest

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Density control method for compression test of compacted lime-flyash stabilised fiber-soil mixtures

Autor: Innocent Kafodya, F Okonta

Publikováno v: MethodsX, Vol 5, Iss , Pp 848-856 (2018)

The unconfined compressive strength test is the widely accepted protocol to investigate the strength properties of lime amended soil. As a quality control measure, specimens for unconfined compression test are prepared at a predetermined maximum dry

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Scenario-based earthquake risk assessment for central-southern Malawi: the case of the Bilila-Mtakataka fault

Autor: Panos Kloukinas, Innocent Kafodya, Viviana Novelli, Katsuichiro Goda, Elia Voyagaki, John H G Macdonald, Ignasio Ngoma, Raffaele De Risi, Nicola Giordano

A regional seismic risk analysis for central-southern Malawi is conducted by focusing on the Bilila-Mtakataka Fault within the East African Rift System and by incorporating local information on population exposure and building vulnerability. The scen

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Seismic fragility models for typical non-engineered URM residential buildings in Malawi

Autor: John H G Macdonald, Panos Kloukinas, Viviana Novelli, Nicola Giordano, Innocent Kafodya, Raffaele De Risi, Ignasio Ngoma, Elia Voyagaki, Katsuichiro Goda

Publikováno v: Giordano, N, De Risi, R, Voyagaki, E, Kloukinas, P, Novelli, V, Kafodya, I, Ngoma, I, Goda, K & Macdonald, J 2021, ' Seismic fragility models for typical non-engineered URM residential buildings in Malawi ', Structures, vol. 32, pp. 2266-2278 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2021.03.118
University of Bristol-PURE
Structures

Malawi is an earthquake-prone country that lies within the East African Rift. A large proportion of its population lives in non-engineered single-storey constructions made of clay bricks and low-strength mortar. Walls are typically single-skin and of

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