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This study focuses on developing sustainable extrudable cob mixes and investigating the effect of sand particle grading, curing regime and mix composition on compressive strength, flexural strength, stress\u2013strain response, capillary water absorption, wetting-drying cycles effect, and abrasion resistance. Results showed a significant positive impact of fine-sized sand addition into the mix on the mechanical strength and durability, due to better compaction and denser final cob mixes. Extending oven curing improves the compressive and flexural strength of all mixes due to the accelerated strength development from the higher temperature exposure. Lastly, the addition of high clay content allows for improving the compressive and flexural strength at prolonged curing aging under normal air-drying conditions. These mixes also exhibit low water absorption. Conversely, results revealed that the lime content plays a crucial role in reducing surface wear, with lime-rich mixes exhibiting lower erosion rates than the other mixes. Lime-stabilized cob mixes also demonstrate improved durability under cyclic wetting and drying.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/buildings16081625","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,21]],"date-time":"2026-04-21T07:57:21Z","timestamp":1776758241000},"page":"1625","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mechanical and Durability Properties of Extrudable Cob Mixes with Recycled Materials"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Rossin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padua, via Francesco Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2241-8251","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Trento","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padua, via Francesco Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0633-2597","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amandeep Singh","family":"Sidhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padua, via Francesco Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2456-8595","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Viviana","family":"Letelier-Gonzalez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2126-9300","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Flora","family":"Faleschini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padua, via Francesco Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Chandler, D.L. 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