Sand-coated reeds as an innovative reinforcement for improving the in-plane seismic behavior of adobe walls

A. Eslami, H. M. Banadaki, Hamid Ronagh

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Abstract

This study aims to develop a novel internal reinforcing method using sand-coated reeds to enhance the in-plane cyclic lateral behavior of adobe walls. The experimental program involves five adobe wall panels tested under a constant pre-compression stress of 0.3 MPa combined with incrementally increasing lateral loading reversals. The results are compared in terms of failure mode, hysteretic curve, ductility, stiffness degradation, dissipated energy, viscous damping ratio, and residual deformation. It is found that the in-plane seismic behavior of adobe walls can be significantly improved by using sand-coated reeds as a sustainable natural reinforcement with the combined vertical and horizontal scheme surpassed the others.
Original languageEnglish
Article number126882
Number of pages15
JournalConstruction and Building Materials
Volume326
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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