Shear and out of Plane Bending Strength of Adobe Walls Externally Reinforced with Polypropylene Grids

Abstract eng:
Experimental studies were conducted using geogrids as seismic reinforcement for earthen buildings, including shaking table tests on complete modules and cyclic horizontal shear tests and out of plane bending tests on adobe walls. It has been concluded that the geogrid applied on both surfaces of the adobe wall, and plastered with mud is a compatible and highly efficient reinforcement that eliminates the seismic vulnerability of adobe constructions. The reinforcement embedded in the mud plaster mortar works in conjunction with the adobe wall forming a composite material where geogrid take the tensile stresses and the adobe takes the compression forces..

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