Experimental and FEM Investigation of Cob Walls under Compression

Figure 10

Horizontal strain-vertical strain diagrams for the specimen tested at about 0.025 MPa/min (Wall A) and comparison with other tested specimens (0.077 MPa/min). The reported vertical and horizontal strains are computed by averaging the displacements measured by the two vertical and horizontal LVDTs, respectively. Post-peak behaviour (dotted lines) can be considered as completely reliable since test was force controlled.