Experimental Investigation on the Possible Effect of Previous Damage, Workmanship and Test Setup on the Out-of-plane Behaviour of Masonry Infill Walls

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2021

Authors

André Furtado (Author) FEUP; Hugo Rodrigues (Author) Other; António Arêde (Author) FEUP; Humberto Varum (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Pages: 1-32

ISSN: 1363-2469

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Structural engineering

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00T-HQ9

DOI: 10.1080/13632469.2021.1882359

Abstract (EN): The 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%.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 32