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Rammed earth (pise) produced from naturally occurring and readily accessible lateritic soil is used in some developing countries to provide walls in low-cost housing and similar developments, mostly of one or two storeys. Such structures can readily be produced by manual compaction of moistened laterite between vertical formwork, using simple tools. Experimental tests have been undertaken to investigate...