Seismic Performance of Innovative Straw Bale Wall Systems (NEES-2009-0666)

<p><strong>Title: </strong>Seismic Performance of Innovative Straw Bale Wall Systems (NEES-2009-0666)</p> <p><strong>Year Of Curation: </strong>2014</p> <p><strong>Description: </strong>The objective of this project was to determine the capacity of four earthen plastered, load bearing, thin straw bale wall assemblies under in-plane cyclic loading, and the performance of a small full-scale straw bale house using bi-axial shake table simulation.</p> <p><strong>Award: </strong>&nbsp;N/A</p> <p><strong>PIs &amp; CoPIs: </strong>Darcey Donovan</p> <p><strong>Dates: </strong>May 01, 2008 - April 01, 2009</p> <p><strong>Organizations: </strong>University of Nevada-Reno, NV, United States</p> <p><strong>Facilities: </strong>University of Nevada-Reno, NV, United States</p> <p><strong>Sponsor: </strong>Earthquake Engineering Research Institute</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>straw, strawbale, load bearing, earth plaster, clay, fishing net, gravel bag, straw bale, soil cement, in-plane, cyclic loading, shake table, Pakistan, bi-axial tests</p> <p><strong>Publications:&nbsp;</strong>N/A</p> <nb:citations></nb:citations>