Numerical simulation of an adobe wall under in-plane loading

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

Tarque Nicola (Author) Other; Camata Guido (Author) Other; Varum Humberto (Author) FEUP; Spacone Enrico (Author) Other; Blondet Marcial (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Earthquakes and Structures

Vol. 6

Pages: 627-646

ISSN: 2092-7614

Publisher: Techno Press

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 3 Citations

Scopus - 8 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-N21

DOI: 10.12989/eas.2014.6.6.627

Abstract (EN): Adobe is one of the oldest construction materials that is still used in many seismic countries, and different construction techniques are found around the world. The adobe material is characterized as a brittle material; it has acceptable compression strength but it has poor performance under tensile and shear loading conditions. Numerical modelling is an alternative approach for studying the nonlinear behaviour of masonry structures such as adobe. The lack of a comprehensive experimental database on the adobe material properties motivated the study developed here. A set of a reference material parameters for the adobe were obtained from a calibration of numerical models based on a quasi-static cyclic in-plane test on full-scale adobe wall representative of the typical Peruvian adobe constructions. The numerical modelling, within the micro and macro modelling approach, lead to a good prediction of the in-plane seismic capacity and of the damage evolution in the adobe wall considered.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 20