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Title
Transverse Response of Clay Masonry Walls Subjected to Strong Motion Earthquakes. Summary of Dynamic Test Results. Volume 4. Walls No. 3, 5 and 7 (Group 3).
File
PB93214617.pdf
Author(s)
Blondet, M.; Mayes, R. L.
Source
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1991, 255 p.
Identifying Number(s)
REPT-3.2(B2)-VOL-4
Abstract
The report is Volume 4 of a four volume set of reports. It includes detailed test information on Walls No. 3, 5 and 7 (Group 3), which were part of a test program on the out of plane response of nine reinforced, clay brick masonry walls that were 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. For each run, envelopes and representative patterns of wall displacement, relative deflection, and absolute acceleration and bending moment, followed by the distribution of rebar strain, joint opening (near the rebar location), and faceshell compressive strain and opening are given. Then, for the first run of each EPA level, or for each run where significant difference in input or response occurs, the following force deformation plots are included: total inertia force versus center deflection, center moment versus center deflection, and moment versus curvature at center joint.
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