Experimental and FEM Investigation of Cob Walls under Compression

Figure 8

(a) Initial state and (b) typical crack pattern after the reaching of compressive strength. The flattening of a single cob element is also highlighted. Yellow lines: cracking; white line: undeformed shape of the cob element before testing; green line: deformed shape of the cob element after testing; blue dotted line: cob wall in undeformed shape.

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