A new wall construction technique utilizing concrete filled PVC tubes, adobe, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles and cabling was designed, analyzed and implemented. The system was designed as an alternative to traditional earthen buildings in Honduras that are vulnerable to hurricane winds and seismic activity. Six prototype panels were constructed at the Alternative Village located at the University of Manitoba to evaluate the wall system for racking and transverse load capacity. A kitchen was then constructed at an elementary school in western Honduras. / October 2015
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/30651 |
| Date | 31 July 2015 |
| Creators | Enns, Garry |
| Contributors | Dick, Kristopher (Biosystems Engineering), Britton, M.G. Ron (Biosystems Engineering) Blatz, James (Civil Engineering) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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