...Yagho S. Simões; Fabio M. Rocha; Jorge Munaiar Neto Purpose Isolated steel columns, when exposed to high temperatures, lose strength in a few minutes due to the high thermal conductivity of its constituent material. When these structural elements are embedded in walls, the response to exceptional...

...A.A. Adedeji Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of cement‐ and earth‐plastered straw bale walls against the appropriate vertical loads. Design/methodology/approach The effects of contact between two common types of plasters and the stacked straw bale by the optimal...