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Design and implementation of a rammed infill adobe and plastic bottle wall system in Honduras

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/30651
Date31 July 2015
CreatorsEnns, Garry
ContributorsDick, Kristopher (Biosystems Engineering), Britton, M.G. Ron (Biosystems Engineering) Blatz, James (Civil Engineering)
Source SetsUniversity of Manitoba Canada
Detected LanguageEnglish

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