[PDF] Top 20 Experimental assessment of the structural behavior of a masonry wall under horizontal cyclic loads

... with the experimental results By comparing the experimental results with those of the numerical model, one is forced to conclude that the model used to characterize ... See full document

... stage, the importance of taking seismic actions into account in the design of structural elements was ...Magazine. Horizontal forces, proportional to the floor’s mass were ... See full document

... Regarding the quasi-static tests, different loading protocols were considered all over the ...scenario the panel is subjected to combined and multiple loadings, such as IP-OOP lateral loadings ... See full document

... presence of masonry infill walls in RC buildings is very ...in the design of new buildings and in the assessment of existing ones, the infills are usually ... See full document

... Regarding the Portuguese construction scenario, the clay bricks with horizontal perforation are by far the most widespread masonry units used and are present in many structural ... See full document

... use of three airbags on each sides of the wall, one compressor, a series of pipes (ϕ=8 mm and ϕ=14 mm) connecting the airbags, pressure- control valves, displacement and pressure ... See full document

... comparing the experimental and numerical force-displacement diagrams shown in ...that the model is comparable to the results of timber frame wall with brick in fill tested with a ... See full document

... Most of the experimental tests of flat slabs under combined vertical and cyclic horizontal loading found in the literature review used simplified boundary ... See full document

... to the one used in this work. The former study simulates masonry walls subjected to horizontal loads, and considers homogeneous materials in elastic-plastic behavior with ... See full document

... into structural building ...emphasizing the behavior of walls without openings under one span ...beams. The present study performed computational analysis using an specific ... See full document

... stone masonry structures behave under dynamic horizontal loads yields important information on possible collapse mechanisms and damage progression along the ...and experimental ... See full document

... strengthening of existing adobe masonry constructions have been neglected during the last ...level of structural damage and, in many cases, are even near to ruin, having the ... See full document

... during the experimental test, due to the imposed action were also de- tected on the adopted numerical ...that the outcome of the numeri- cal model is reasonable, ... See full document

... linking the vertical and horizontal structural components ...effect of the floor structure on the walls in the presence of lateral forces and hence creating a ... See full document

... One of the fields where 3D modelling has an important role is in the application of such 3D models to structural engineering ...purposes. The literature shows an intense activity ... See full document

... At the present time, a high percentage of these buildings are inadequately maintained by reasons of non-conservation or incorrect rehabilitation ...to the loss of the traditional ... See full document

... strength; the CC2 model has a linear degradation of the tensile strength based on the linear softening defined by Yassin (1994) (in this case, it is considered that the tensile strength ... See full document

... shear wall is a wall that is designed to resist shear, the lateral force that causes the bulk of damage in ...mandate the use of such walls to make homes safer and more ... See full document

... 4.1. The influence of bricks arrangement In order to reduce the computing time, which is directly linked to the number of mesh cells for modeling air and wall, it was used ... See full document

... section, the main results from the experimental campaign are ...Firstly, the envelopes of the force-displacement diagrams are ...Secondly, the evolution of ... See full document