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- Title
- Transverse Response of Clay Masonry Walls Subjected to Strong Motion Earthquakes. Summary of Dynamic Test Results. Volume 1. General Information.
- File
- PB93214583.pdf
- Author(s)
- Blondet, M.; Mayes, R. L.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1991, 163 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- REPT-3.2(B2)-VOL-1
- Abstract
- The report presents summary information derived from a test program on the out-of-plane response of nine reinforced, clay brick masonry walls subjected to simulated earthquake loading. The project was developed by Computech Engineering Services (CES), as part of the US/Japan Coordinated Program for Masonry Building Research (TCCMAR). Its main objective was to evaluate the influence of the amount of vertical reinforcement, vertical ledger load, height-to-thickness (H/t) ratio, rebar splicing, and extent of grouting on the out-of-plane response of the walls. The report provides detailed descriptions of the experimental setup, input signal characteristics, data processing techniques, and summary data derived from the dynamic tests.
- Keywords
- ; Moments; Earth movements; Bending; Bricks; Displacement; Deflection; Loads (Forces); Experimental data; Dynamic tests; Masonry; Earthquake damage; Clays; Mechanical properties; Seismic effects; Construction joints; Walls; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Reinforcement (Structures); Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis