Settlement of Crushed Straw

• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1041.55
• Publication Date: 2014-10-27T09:41:20Z
• Authors: Jiří Teslík; Jiri Labudek; Barbora Valová; Martina Vodičková
• Keywords: 9. Industry and infrastructure; 0502 economics and business; 05 social sciences; 11. Sustainability; 0211 other engineering and technologies; 02 engineering and technology; 12. Responsible consumption

This article is focused on an experimental measurement of settlement of blown insulation from crushed straw. Straw has appeared like building material in recent years. It is ecological and cheap building material which is required for sustainable construction. Straw is usually used in form of bales. These are generally used like thermal insulation filling the supporting structure. An alternative to straw bales can be crushed straw. Crushed straw is not used in building industry currently. Its thermal insulating properties and structure are appropriate to use it like blown or loose thermal insulation. The experimental measurement was necessary to verify application of crushed straw by blowing or bulk and to find out values of settlement. Results of this measurement are described in this article.