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Bariola Bernales, Juan J. 2014-12-15T20:36:23Z 2014-12-15T20:36:23Z 10000-01-01 1986 1986 The object of this investigation was to study the stability of adobe walls during earthquakes. Eleven specimens were tested with an earthquake simulator to understand the influence of the following variables: (1) type of ground motion, (2) slenderness (thickness/height ratio), (3) wall thickness. The specimen dimensions were in metres: 0.2 x 1.2 x 1.0, 0.2 x 1.2 x 1.4, 0.2 x 1.2 x 2.0, 0.4 x 1.2 x 2.0, 0.4 x 1.2 x 2.80. Five specimens were tested with a soft-soil ground motion (La Molina 1974) and other five to stiff-soil ground motion (Lima 1970). Additionally, a pilot test was performed on a specimen of dimensions 0.2 x 1.0 x 1.8 m subjected to La Molina earthquake. During testing all specimens cracked at the base. Afterwards, most of them showed a rocking response. Failure occurred by overturning (short specimens) or by upper-level cracking (tall specimens). The stability failure was predicted on basis of a rocking model that considers the deformability of the walls. Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-15T20:36:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 8610902.pdf: 5420905 bytes, checksum: a7c730a3351f75f0e19e80c90829ff4f (MD5) Previous issue date: 1986 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 70124 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 289 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/69958 (UMI)AAI8610902 Engineering, Civil Architecture Dynamic Stability of Adobe Walls (Overturning, Shaking Table, Cracking, Rocking Model, Soil) text Civil Engineering Civil Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.