Retrofitting of unburned clay blocks (wattle) buildings damaged by earthquakes

Abstract

The paper deals with the experimental investigations on shaking table of a full-scale model of an adobe-wall building.
After tests performed on the model built according to traditional practice, the severely damaged building has been strengthened by tie-roads and reinforced jacketing and subject to strong shaking again.
The results are presented and the efficiency of strengthening is discussed [1].