Strengthening the structural behavior of adobe walls through the use of plaster reinforcement mesh

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1747-1752

  Turanli, Lutfullah ^a   Saritas, Afsin ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adobe; Adobe walls; Energy absorption; Fiberglass; Fly ash; Plastic mesh; Straw

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ADOBE; ADOBE WALLS; COMPRESSIVE AXIAL LOAD; DEFORMABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIBERGLASS; MORTAR JOINTS; PLASTER REINFORCEMENT; PLASTIC MESH; SOIL MIXTURES; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS; ULTIMATE LOAD CAPACITY; WALL PANELS;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FLY ASH; GLASS FIBERS; PLASTER; SAFETY FACTOR;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 78650883026     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.092     Document Type: Article

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