WIT Press


Testing And Evaluation Of Out-of-plane Strength Of Reinforced Masonry Infills

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

35

Pages

12

Published

1998

Size

1,131 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/SU980621

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

Ricardo E. Angel & Ghassan Al-Chaai

Abstract

An experimental program was undertaken to determine the out-of-plane or transverse strength of unreinforced masonry infills. Full-scale, single-story, single-bay reinforced concrete frames were constructed, and filled with clay brick or concrete block masonry. Specimens were tested in the transverse direction by applying a uniform pressure (simulating wind, seismic, or explosive loads) to the surface area of the infills until either failure of the infill occurred or the capacity of the testing rig was reached As the experimental phase of the program progressed, an analytical model to estimate the out-

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