Estimation of load reduction factors for clay masonry walls

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1155-1174

  da Porto, Francesco ^a   Grendene, Manuel ^a   Modena, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclic behaviour; Dynamics analyses; Load reduction factor; Unreinforced masonry

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MORTAR; RETAINING WALLS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CALCULATED VALUES; CLAY MASONRY WALLS; CYCLIC BEHAVIOUR; DYNAMICS ANALYSES; HEAD JOINTS; HYSTERETIC MODEL; IN-PLANE; LABORATORY TEST; LATERAL LOADS; LATERAL STRENGTH; LOAD REDUCTION; LOAD REDUCTION FACTOR; MASONRY WALLS; MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING; MORTAR BED-JOINTS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SEISMIC CODE; SHEAR FAILURE; THIN LAYERS; ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE; UNREINFORCED MASONRY;

FOUNDATIONS;

BUILDING CODE; CYCLIC LOADING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MASONRY; SEISMIC DESIGN; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 68149157313     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.887     Document Type: Article

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