Simple Method for Estimation of In-Plane Lateral Stiffness of Unreinforced Brick Masonry Walls with Openings
IR@SERC: CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai
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Simple Method for Estimation of In-Plane Lateral Stiffness of Unreinforced Brick Masonry Walls with Openings
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| Creator |
Balasubramanian, S.R.
Balaji Rao, K. |
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Brick masonry
Shear walls Lateral loads Stiffness |
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| Description |
Evaluation of in-plane lateral stiffness of unreinforced brick masonry walls is one of the areas of practical importance. Methods available in literature are suitable for strong spandrel-weak pier condition only, and for the weak spandrel-strong pier condition, they overestimate the stiffness. In this paper, a new method is presented
for the estimation of in-plane lateral stiffness of unreinforced brick masonry walls, which is applicable to both
strong spandrel-weak pier and weak spandrel-strong pier conditions. The proposed method includes refinements over the existing discretisation scheme and stiffness coefficients, as given in literature, for the brick masonry piers. The performance of the proposed method has been compared with the results of finite element analysis
and experimental results. It has been observed that the results of the proposed method are generally in satisfactory agreement with the results of finite element analysis and experimental results.
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2010-04-22
2010 2010 |
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Conference paper
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Proceedings of the 8th International Seminar on Structural Masonry, Istanbul, Turkey, 05-07, 2008, p.1125-1132. Organized by İstanbul Technical University, Turkey
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/479 |
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en
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