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000009681 04107 $$aeng
000009681 046__ $$k2008-10-12
000009681 100__ $$aCheah, Jing Siong
000009681 24500 $$aCyclic Testing of a Full-Size Stabilized, Flax-Fibre Reinforced Earth (UKU) Wall System with Openings

000009681 24630 $$n14.$$pProceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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000009681 520__ $$2eng$$aUku is a low-cost earthen construction method that has been developed to address the inadequate housing situation in rural Māori communities resulting from legal, financial and physical obstacles. Rural Māori communities are often isolated and lack affordable access to specialist equipment, technical expertise, skilled labour and building materials. In addition to this, many rural communities are located in earthquake prone regions. A cyclic load test was conducted on a full-size 5.5 metre long wall section based on a wall line, built in an existing Uku test house, incorporating a window and door opening. The current seismic design proposed for the Uku housing system uses conservative assumptions due to the lack of data pertaining to the seismic performance of the wall system. The wall test was conducted in order to ascertain the methods of failure, areas of structural seismic weakness, interactions between wall panels, and the structural performance of the wall system. The results of the tests will be used to update the existing design methodology for Uku houses. The cyclic wall test has proven that the Uku wall system has a non-linear capacity but shown that the wall exhibits non-ductile modes of failure within each individual earth panel. The test has provided a foundation on which to develop an efficient, seismically safe design methodology for future Uku housing developments in New Zealand.

000009681 540__ $$aText je chráněný podle autorského zákona č. 121/2000 Sb.
000009681 653__ $$aEarthen structures, rammed earth, Uku, low cost housing, Indigenous engineering

000009681 7112_ $$a14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering$$cBejing (CN)$$d2008-10-12 / 2008-10-17$$gWCEE15
000009681 720__ $$aCheah, Jing Siong$$iMorgan, Te Kipa Kepa B.$$iIngham, Jason M
000009681 8560_ $$ffischerc@itam.cas.cz
000009681 8564_ $$s1615219$$uhttps://invenio.itam.cas.cz/record/9681/files/08-02-0032.pdf$$yOriginal version of the author's contribution as presented on CD, Paper ID: 08-02-0032.
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