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2012
This chapter describes the earthquake and tsunami damage to partially grouted concrete masonry building, fully grouted concrete masonry buildings, and concrete masonry nonbearing walls provided in reinforced concrete moment resisting framed buildings. These are all used in small housing, commercial and office buildings.
Kenji Kikuchi +5 more
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This chapter describes the earthquake and tsunami damage to partially grouted concrete masonry building, fully grouted concrete masonry buildings, and concrete masonry nonbearing walls provided in reinforced concrete moment resisting framed buildings. These are all used in small housing, commercial and office buildings.
Kenji Kikuchi +5 more
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Seismic Safety Of Simple Masonry Buildings
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2008Several masonry buildings comply with the rules for simple buildings provided by seismic codes. For these buildings explicit safety verifications are not compulsory if specific code rules are fulfilled. In fact it is assumed that their fulfilment ensures a suitable seismic behaviour of buildings and thus adequate safety under earthquakes.
Mariateresa Guadagnuolo +3 more
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Movements in masonry buildings
Structural Survey, 1991Outlines the most common causes of movements in masonry buildings, how they should be avoided by design measures and, if cracking has occurred, how the cause may be identified. Discusses moisture movements in materials, temperature changes, strains resulting from applied loads, foundation movements and chemical reactions in materials.
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Strengthening of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
Journal of Structural Engineering, 1986A method is proposed for rehabilitation and strengthening of multi-wythe unreinforced brick masonry walls in buildings where they are the primary structural element for transferring load to the foundation. Shear tests were performed to determine the strength of newly manufactured small-scale specimens made with cement grout, sand/polyester grouts, and ...
Joseph Plecnik +2 more
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Interaction of masonry walls and shear walls in masonry buildings
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, 2018In most seismic regions of the world, many unreinforced masonry buildings have been constructed for different uses, including schools. Statistical analyses showed that 90% of schools on the retrofitting list in Iran are unreinforced masonry buildings. The addition of shear walls is a frequently used retrofitting method in these buildings.
Parisa Sartaji +2 more
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Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
Unreinforced masonry is one of the earliest materials used in the construction of buildings. Many such buildings were therefore constructed prior to the introduction of seismic design requirements and tend to be highly vulnerable. Their age also means that unreinforced masonry construction often comprises some of our most important buildings from a ...Matthew Fox, Weng Yuen Kam, Damian Grant
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Impact of 1994 Northridge earthquake on masonry: design and build tall reinforced masonry buildings
The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 2004AbstractThe 1994 Northridge earthquake confirmed the fact that it is now possible to design tall masonry buildings that have excellent and predictable earthquake performance. In general, masonry buildings performed well during the Northridge earthquake, and when construction practice was good the structural performance of masonry buildings was ...
Gary C. Hart, Chukwuma G. Ekwueme
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Aspects Affecting the Quality of Masonry Buildings and Innovations in Masonry
Key Engineering MaterialsThe construction industry is undergoing another revolution, including the field of masonry construction. New materials and products for masonry are constantly being developed and construction details and implementation procedures are being resolved. Digitization and the introduction of automation in the masonry process (in prefabrication halls or on ...
Kristyna Richterova +3 more
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Masonry Buildings Under Seismic Actions
2013This last chapter deals with the study of the seismic behaviour of historic masonry buildings. Starting point of the chapter is the remark that traditional masonry buildings have not been built to offer any resistance to horizontal actions. This is why most of the seismic damage occurs in old historic centres, as well as why there is currently such a ...
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Energy‐efficient masonry buildings
Mauerwerk, 2017AbstractIn line with the general trend to improved energy‐related properties of buildings in massive construction, many massive buildings have been designed and built in recent years, which have proactively observed and also helped to determine the specification of future building standards in Europe.
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