Assessing the seismic performance of rammed earth walls by using discrete elements

Rammed earth (RE) is attracting renewed interest throughout the world because of its low embodied energy and its interesting hygric-thermal behavior. Several studies have recently been carried out to investigate this material. However, the seismic behavior of RE walls is still an important subject t...

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Main Authors: Quoc-Bao Bui, Tan-Trung Bui, Ali Limam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2016.1200835