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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Environmental, Economic and Social Context of Agro-Concretes / Sofiane Amziane -- 1.1.Sustainable development, construction and materials -- 1.1.1.Environmental impacts of the construction sector -- 1.2.Standardization and regulation: toward a global approach -...

Contents note continued: ch. 2 Characterization of Plant-Based Aggregates / Vincent Picandet -- 2.1.Microstructure of the shiv particles -- 2.1.1.Structure of the stem of fibrous plants -- 2.1.2.SEM observation of hemp shiv particles -- 2.1.3.Chemistry of the cell walls -- 2.1.4.Density and porosity...

Contents note continued: 3.2.Lime -- 3.2.1.General -- 3.2.2.Aerial lime -- 3.2.3.Natural hydraulic limes -- 3.3.Lime-pozzolan mixtures -- 3.3.1.Natural pozzolans -- 3.3.2.Calcined natural pozzolans: metalcaolin -- 3.3.3.Fly ash -- 3.3.4.Blast furnace slag -- 3.4.Plaster -- 3.4.1.General -- 3.4.2.Pro...

Contents note continued: 4.3.Examples of formulations -- 4.3.1.Origin of the data -- 4.3.2.Walling application -- 4.3.3.Flooring application -- 4.3.4.Roofing application -- 4.3.5.Other applications -- 4.4.Installation techniques -- 4.4.1.Building a wall using formwork -- 4.4.2.Application by sprayin...

Contents note continued: 5.1.10.Anisotropic behavior -- 5.2.Modeling of the mechanical behavior -- 5.2.1.Empirical approach -- 5.2.2.Self-consistent homogenization approach -- 5.3.Toward the study of a stratified composite -- 5.4.Conclusion -- 5.5.Bibliography -- ch. 6 Hygrothermal Behavior of Hempc...

Contents note continued: 6.5.3.Transfer model: the Kunzel model -- 6.5.4.Determination of the transfer coefficients -- 6.5.5.Numerical modeling -- 6.6.Conclusions -- 6.7.Bibliography -- ch. 7 Acoustical Properties of Hemp Concretes / Laurent Arnaud -- 7.1.Introduction i -- 7.2.Acoustical properties...

Contents note continued: 8.2.1.Description of the panel -- 8.2.2.Putting the panel in place on the bracing bank -- 8.2.3.Longitudinal loading and measurement of the movements -- 8.2.4.Behavior of the test bank -- 8.2.5.Behavior of the wooden panel -- 8.3.Test on a composite panel of a wooden skeleto...

Contents note continued: 9.3.Method for environmental evaluation of bio-sourced materials -- 9.4.Lifecycle Analysis on hempcrete - methodology, working hypotheses and results -- 9.4.1.Delimitation of the system under study -- 9.4.2.Inventory analysis -- 9.4.3.Impact evaluation -- 9.4.4.Results and i...