Empirical equations for the assessment of the load-bearing capacity of brick masonry walls

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 427-439

  Sandoval, Cristián ^a   Roca, Pere ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brick masonry wall; Empirical equations; Load bearing capacity; Reduction factors

Indexed keywords

BRICK MASONRY WALLS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; INPUT PARAMETER; LOAD ECCENTRICITY; LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY; NUMERICAL DATA; REDUCTION FACTOR; VERTICAL LOADINGS;

BEARING CAPACITY; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; RETAINING WALLS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BRICK;

EID: 84876243139     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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