DynaTerre

 
The interest for new construction in earth masonry is increasing, justified by its low environmental impact and by the desire to keep the memory of local building typologies for landscape insertion and the tourist attractiveness of territories. The use of earth masonry as construction material remains limited by the difficulty of correctly evaluating the performance of the load-bearing structure under dynamic action, which can be prohibitive for questions of technical certification and insurability of a new construction in seismic zones.

 
The goal of DYNATERRE project is to obtain a better mechanical knowledge of earth masonry, to optimize the construction material conception and production, but also paying attention to environmental goals, and to understand the influence of conception choices on a set of parameters used to characterize the material behavior in building modeling for seismic design in accordance with the Eurocodes. The project is developed following a progression of knowledge of the structural response of masonry buildings at different scales: starting from the scale of raw materials, then of the composite material, going towards the structural element, to arrive at the global response of the building.