Dynamic characterization of adobe in compression: the influence of fibre fraction in soil mixtures

Adobe is one of the most ancient forms of masonry. Adobe bricks are sundried mixtures of clay, silt, sand and natural fibres locally available joined together using mud mortar. Adobe structures are largely spread in areas of the world prone to earthquakes or involved in military conflicts. Unfortunately, almost no literature concerns the dynamic...

Modelling the mechanical response of adobe components under uniaxial loadings

This paper presents a constitutive relationship to describe the uniaxial response in statics of brick and mortar samples of Adobe. This defines a traditional masonry whose components are made of soil mixture reinforced with fibres. Only recently Adobe has started attracting scientific attention, primarily as a consequence of the dramatic...