Sustainable lateral strengthening of traditional adobe walls using natural reinforcements

In an attempt to couple sustainability with seismic resistance in adobe constructions, this study endeavors to improve the in-plane lateral performance of adobe walls using natural reinforcing materials. For this purpose, 10 adobe wall panels, each 1000 mm long, 900 mm high and 200 mm thick, were constructed and tested under the combined action of a constant vertical pre-compression stress of 0.3 MPa and lateral displacement reversals of...