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Shot-Earth for an Eco-friendly and Human-Comfortable Construction Industry

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Editors:
  1. Angelo Marcello Tarantino

    1. Department of Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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  2. Franco Cotana

    1. Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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  3. Marco Viviani

    1. HEIG-VD, HES-SO Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

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  • Presents innovative and environmentally friendly earth-based building materials
  • Offers a reference guide for researchers and professionals in building construction with Shot-Earth technology
  • Enables to reduce costs, increase energy performance and reduce gas emissions

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering (SPRTRCIENG)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Experimental Characterization of the Main Physical Properties of the Shot-Earth

    • A. Curto, V. Savino, L. Lanzoni, A. M. Tarantino, M. Viviani
    Pages 1-23

  3. X-rays CT and Mesoscale FEM of the Shot-Earth Material

    • F. Cluni, F. Faralli, V. Gusella, R. Liberotti
    Pages 25-44

  4. Evaluation of the Elastic Properties of Shot-Earth: Analytical Modelling and Experimental Validation

    • M. Bacciocchi, V. Savino, L. Lanzoni, A. M. Tarantino, M. Viviani
    Pages 45-65

  5. Novel Smart-Earth Composites for Sustainable Self-sensing Structures: Characterization of the Material and Applications on a Real-Scale Vault

    • A. D’Alessandro, A. Meoni, V. Savino, M. Viviani, H. B. Birgin, F. Ubertini
    Pages 67-83

  6. Environmental Sustainability of Earth-Based Materials for the Carbon Neutrality of the Built Environment

    • F. Frota de Albuquerque Landi, C. Fabiani, C. Santini, A. L. Pisello, F. Cotana
    Pages 85-100

  7. Thermal-Acoustic and Indoor Comfort Performance of Nature-Based Materials for Green Buildings

    • C. Santini, C. Fabiani, I. Kousis, A. L. Pisello, F. Cotana
    Pages 101-114

  8. Shot-Earth: A Material for Structural Engineering

    • V. Savino, M. Franciosi, L. Lanzoni, A. M. Tarantino, M. Viviani
    Pages 115-132

  9. The Challenge of Designing a New Class of Earth-Based Composites Able to Increase the Circularity and Sustainability of the Construction Market

    • V. Savino, M. Franciosi, L. Lanzoni, A. M. Tarantino, M. Viviani
    Pages 133-142
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About this book

This book presents an innovative and environmentally friendly type of excavated earth-based building material, called Shot-Earth. The use of a common excavated earth as a construction material (both for structural and non-structural applications) has many important advantages, the main one being that the soil can be used as a zero kilo and zero cost material, being used in the same place where it is excavated. This volume collects the main results obtained by the research units in the FIRS2019-00245 research project, funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MUR) and dedicated to the study of Shot-Earth materials. Many of the exposed contributions concern the optimization of the mixture and application technique, which consists in the application of the mixture sprayed on a support (that serves as formwork), with or without reinforcements, by using a pressure pipe (that is by a high-speed projection). This new construction technique allows to quickly realise a variety of structural systems, even with a complex geometry (like vaults, arches, shells, tunnel coatings, underground tanks, waterproofing of walls for landfills and waste storages, slope stabilization, etc.).  An additional feature of Shot-Earth is that it can be used to realise high energy-efficient buildings. In particular, this innovative technology can improve the capacity of a building to auto-regulate its interior heat and humidity, increasing indoor environment quality and energy performance and reducing building gas emissions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Angelo Marcello Tarantino

  • Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Franco Cotana

  • HEIG-VD, HES-SO Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

    Marco Viviani

About the editors

Angelo Marcello Tarantino is professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.  Expert in theory of elasticity and structural engineering, he is author of textbooks and 120 scientific publications in international journals.

Franco Cotana is professor of Industrial Applied Physics at the Department of Engineering of the University of Perugia and founder and director of the National Research Center on biomass. He is the author of more than 300 scientific publications on energy, environment, sustainable develop and thermos-physical properties of new materials.

Marco Viviani is professor of sustainable and concrete construction at the Haute école d’ingegnerie et de géstion du Canton Vaud Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, Yerdon-Les-Bains  (Heig-VD / HES-SO).  Expert in structural engineering and material science he is active in the development and modeling of  innovative sustainable construction materials and structures.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Shot-Earth for an Eco-friendly and Human-Comfortable Construction Industry

  • Editors: Angelo Marcello Tarantino, Franco Cotana, Marco Viviani

  • Series Title: Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23507-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23506-1Published: 29 April 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23509-2Published: 16 May 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-23507-8Published: 28 April 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2366-259X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-2603

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 142

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 95 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Building Construction and Design, Sustainable Development, Renewable and Green Energy

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