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If I remember correctly, there is a discussion of seismic design issues in Design of Strawbale Buildings: The State of the Art. Also take a look at the PAKSBAB site, and their research links, which include some seismic testing (shake table). <a href="http://www.paksbab.org/html/index.php?id=1">http://www.paksbab.org/html/index.php?id=1</a>
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<div>On Jul 13, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Nikolay Marinov <<a href="mailto:nikvesmar@gmail.com">nikvesmar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you Derek for the useful links. <br>
They are answering lot of questions.
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If there is also some information from seismic point of view will be very helpful. The building site is located in seismically active region- zone of the 9 by Richter scale.
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Here the forces are very specific by themselves with horizontal and vertical directions with big amplitudes and long duration.<br>
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Thank you all guys for your help!<br>
That means a lot for me and our community here in Bulgaria !</div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">The testing has shown that plastered strawbales can take tremendous loads. Links or summaries of some of those tests are posted on the Ecological Building Network website. <a href="http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org</a>
They are trying to build a useful, natural building library. Check it out, and contribute to it.
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<div>The testing is on this page: <a href="http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/library/building-materials/fibers/straw/strawbale" target="_blank">http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/library/building-materials/fibers/straw/strawbale</a></div>
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<div>On that page, you will also find a link to free PDF downloads of Bruce King (and others) outstanding reference, Design of Strawbale Buildings: The State of the Art. It’s a great book for understanding many aspects of building. <br>
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<div>On Jul 12, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Nikolay Marinov <<a href="mailto:nikvesmar@gmail.com" target="_blank">nikvesmar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>can I ask does anyone knows what is the allowable load for clay or lime plastered Load-bearing Strawbale walls ? <br>
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<div>The project will take place in Bulgaria, near Shabla, still we do not have building codes for Load-bearing, so any advice from seismic active regions will be very welcome. This building is planed to be experimental educational center for sustainable development
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<div>According to the calculations of the engineer the expected load from the green roof to the strawbale wall will be 1720 kg/m /kilograms per linear meter/ or 16,867 kN/m.</div>
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<div>I am attaching some drawings to make it more clear.<br>
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This kind of buildings are still not legal according to our building codes /except the one build from Barbara Jons in Hotnica/, so we want to design it properly as it should be. We want it to be correct according our own personal and community building and
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<div>With your help one day it will be all.</div>
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<div>Thank you in advance for your help.<br>
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