Out-of-plane behavior of rammed earth walls under seismic loading: Finite element simulation

TL Bui, TT Bui, QB Bui, XH Nguyen, A Limam - Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Rammed earth (RE) is a sustainable material which is made by compacting the soil in a
formwork. The earthquake performance of RE structures is an important topic, however the …

Assessing the seismic behavior of rammed earth walls with an L-form cross-section

QB Bui, TT Bui, MP Tran, TL Bui, HA Le - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Rammed earth (RE) is a construction material which is made by compacting the soil in a
formwork. This material is attracting the attention of the scientific community due to its …

Numerical investigation of the in-plane seismic performance of unstrengthened and TRM-strengthened rammed earth walls

R Allahvirdizadeh, DV Oliveira… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The large availability of raw earth around the World led to its extensive use as a building
material through history. Thus, earthen materials integrate several historical monuments, but …

Seismic performance of stabilised/unstabilised rammed earth walls

M Ramezanpour, A Eslami, H Ronagh - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This experimental study investigates the in-plane seismic performance of
unstabilised/stabilised rammed earth (RE) walls. The experimental program consists of five …

Dynamic discrete element modelling for seismic assessment of rammed earth walls

QB Bui, A Limam, TT Bui - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Rammed earth (RE) is a construction material which is manufactured by compacting the soil
within a formwork, in superimposed layers. RE is attracting scientific studies because of its …

Experimental testing of the in-plane behavior of bearing modern rammed earth walls

T Zhou, B Liu, X Zhao, J Mu - Advances in Structural …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
With the introduction of the modern rammed earth technique, a large number of modern
rammed earth buildings were constructed in China Mainland. China has a vast territory …

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

QB Bui, TT Bui, A Limam - Cogent Engineering, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Vertical rods as a seismic reinforcement technique for rammed earth walls: an assessment

QB Bui, TT Bui, R El-Nabouch… - Advances in Civil …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rammed earth (RE) is a construction material which is manufactured by compacting soil by
layers within a formwork to build a monolithic wall. RE material is the subject of numerous …

Rammed earth under horizontal loadings: Proposition of limit states

R El Nabouch, QB Bui, O Plé, P Perrotin - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rammed earth (RE) is a construction material manufactured from the soil. This material
attracts the attention of numerous scientific investigations during the past decade due to its …

In-plane seismic performance of rammed earth walls: an eastern Croatia reconnaissance based study

A Perić Fekete, I Kraus, M Grubišić… - Bulletin of earthquake …, 2024 - Springer
Building with rammed earth has become increasingly popular in recent years because it is
highly sustainable and has little environmental impact. More than half of the world's …