Analytical method for the assessment of unreinforced brick masonry walls subjected to eccentric compressive loads

Slender unreinforced masonry walls are likely to fail due to mechanism formation when they are subjected to eccentric compression loads causing second order bending effects. A practical analytical formulation is herein presented to provide an accurate calculation tool for these cases. The proposed m...

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Autores: Bernat Masó, Ernest|||0000-0002-7080-0957, Gil Espert, Lluís|||0000-0002-2007-4846, Roca Fabregat, Pedro|||0000-0001-5400-5817
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/85699
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/85699
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.09.105
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Brick houses
Stability
Strength of materials
Brick masonry
Analytical formulation
Second order bending
Standards
Strength
Deformability
Buidings
Behavior
Columns
Panels
Construccions de maó
Estabilitat
Resistència de materials
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
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Sumario:Slender unreinforced masonry walls are likely to fail due to mechanism formation when they are subjected to eccentric compression loads causing second order bending effects. A practical analytical formulation is herein presented to provide an accurate calculation tool for these cases. The proposed method is compared with Eurocode-6, ACI-530, Southwell Plot method (semi empiric), a Finite Element Analysis and experimental tests. The results show that the proposed method and ACI-530 are accurate at calculating the load-bearing capacity of the most slender walls and the less slender cases respectively. The Southwell Plot method achieves the best performance although its applicability is limited.