Experimental Investigation on the Possible Effect of Previous Damage, Workmanship and Test Setup on the Out-of-plane Behaviour of Masonry Infill Walls
2021; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 26; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/13632469.2021.1882359
ISSN1559-808X
AutoresAndré Furtado, Hugo Rodrigues, António Arêde, Humberto Varum,
Tópico(s)Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
ResumoThe poor out-of-plane behaviour of masonry infill-walls (MIW) in recent earthquakes, resulted in several casualties and economic losses. The main objective of this work is to present an experimental campaign comprised of four out-of-plane tests of full-scale MIW with the main goal to assess the possible effect of the previous damage, workmanship and test setup in the MIW out-of-plane behaviour. From the results, it was observed that the existence of the prior damage reduced the out-of-plane strength and energy dissipation of about 30% and 70%, respectively. The workmanship can introduce variations in the MIW response from 10% to 30%.
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