ss Performance of masonry enclosure walls: lessons learned from recent earthquakes

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Romeu Silva Vicente (Author) Other; Hugo Rodrigues (Author) Other; Humberto Varum (Author) FEUP; Anibal Costa (Author) FEUP; Jose Antonio R M Raimundo Mendes da Silva (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Vol. 11 No. 4

Pages: 23-34

ISSN: 1671-3664

Publisher: Springer Nature

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 29 Citations

Scopus - 56 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

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

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-CAX

DOI: 10.1007/s11803-012-0095-3

Abstract (EN): This paper discusses the issue of performance requirements and construction criteria for masonry enclosure and infill walls. Vertical building enclosures in European countries are very often constituted by non-load-bearing masonry walls, using horizontally perforated clay bricks. These walls are generally supported and confined by a reinforced concrete frame structure of columns and beams/slabs. Since these walls are commonly considered to be nonstructural elements and their influence on the structural response is ignored, their consideration in the design of structures as well as their connection to the adjacent structural elements is frequently negligent or insufficiently detailed. As a consequence, nonstructural elements, as for wall enclosures, are relatively sensitive to drift and acceleration demands when buildings are subjected to seismic actions. Many international standards and technical documents stress the need for design acceptability criteria for nonstructural elements, however they do not specifically indicate how to prevent collapse and severe cracking, and how to enhance the overall stability in the case of moderate to high seismic loading. Furthermore, a review of appropriate measures to improve enclosure wall performance and both in-plane and out-of-plane integrity under seismic actions is addressed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12