@inproceedings{d21c09a41acf4469be38ac9a4062ab12,
title = "A Study of the Influence of Water Content Profile on the Dynamic Behavior of Rammed Earth Structures",
abstract = "This research assesses the influence of water content in the dynamic performance of rammed earth structures. The procedure uses a finite element model based on hypothetical moisture profiles. The finite element model uses six layers where materials were assigned based on the water content profile. The research uses seven water profiles to establish the saturation degree as a function of wall depth. The mechanical properties for each layer were assigned according to the water content profile. Finally, the frequencies and modal shapes of the structure were calculated using a finite element model. The results showed an important change in the structural stiffness. Then, a response spectrum of accelerations was used to analyze the difference in the dynamic response of the structure due to the water content profile. The results suggest that the walls have different seismic behavior at the beginning of the construction phase and change with the different residual water content states of the structure.",
keywords = "Rammed earth structures, climate effect, dynamic performance, suction, water content profile",
author = "Villacreses, {Juan P.} and Bernardo Caicedo and Felipe Poveda and Fabricio Yepez and Laura Ibag{\'o}n and Juli{\'a}n Buritic{\'a}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, Avestia Publishing. All rights reserved.; 6th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, CSEE 2021 ; Conference date: 21-06-2021 Through 23-06-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.11159/icgre21.lx.103",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
isbn = "9781927877906",
series = "World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering",
publisher = "Avestia Publishing",
editor = "Tarek Abdoun and Mohamed Arab and Johan Clausen and Johan Facciorusso and Ahmed Fahmy and Rajeshwar Goodary and Green, {Russell A.} and Marte Gutierrez and Ian Jefferson and Fei Jin and Stefan Jung and Victor Kaliakin and Antonio Miglio and Nunziante Squeglia and Roger Tilley and Helen Mitrani and Rathje Ellen and Dante Fratta",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, CSEE 2021",
}
