TY  - JOUR
T1  - Construction System for Single-Family Homes using Load Bearing
Straw Bale Walls Quivillungo Community, Bolivar, Ecuador
AU - Viera, Paulina AU - Pachala, Jose AU - Rosero, Hernan AU - Monzo, Jose Maria AU - Caiza, Pablo 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 10
SP  - 3400
EP  - 3407
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.3400.3407
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.3400.3407
KW  - Ecuadorian Andean Region
KW  -straw bearing walls
KW  -baler machine
KW  -structural plaster
KW  -prototype
KW  -strawbale home
AB  - This study begins by describing how our team chose an area in the Ecuadorian Andean Region where a prototype single-family home using load bearing straw-bale-walls could be successfully built. The criteria
used in this search were based on results from geographic information systems. The next section describes the design and manufacture of a baler machine which is essential to the feasibility of the strawbale home construction procedure. The study then goes on to explain the features of the most important elements of the single-family home structure: foundations, straw walls, wall crowns, roof and structural plaster. The prototype home was built in accordance with existing standards from other countries, taking into account the high seismic
hazard of the geographic region and applying the specific capacities of the Quivillungo community. The construction was validated using analytic models that show the existence of relatively low stresses and
deformations and highlight the structural importance of the plaster.
ER  -