Fizikalna svojstva tla u zidovima tradicijskih kuća od nabijene zemlje u istočnoj Hrvatskoj (Physical properties of the soil in the walls of traditional eastern Croatia rammed earth houses)

In eastern Croatia rammed earth houses were traditionally built in the past. The choice of suitable soil for building rammed earth houses depends on several soil properties. Moreover, since there are no standards or recommendations for construction of rammed earth houses in Croatia, the construction and renovation of such houses is almost non-existent nowadays. With the aim of forming detailed recommendations for eastern Croatia area in near future, soil samples were collected from existing houses to test the physical properties of the soil. Obtained results showed that Atterberg limits are within the limits of the recommended values and published results in the literature, while particle size distribution differs from most recommendations and published results.