Airbag testing of multi-leaf unreinforced masonry walls subjected to one-way bending

Engineering Structures

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 512-522

  Derakhshan, Hossein ^a   Griffith, Michael C ^b   Ingham, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axial loads; Brick masonry; Experimentation; Flexural strength; Full scale tests; Lateral loads; Stiffness; Walls

Indexed keywords

BRICK MASONRY; EXPERIMENTATION; FULL SCALE TESTS; LATERAL LOADS; WALLS;

AXIAL LOADS; BENDING STRENGTH; CRACKS; FORECASTING; STIFFNESS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BENDING; CRACKING; DISPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLEXURE; LOADING TEST; MASONRY; STIFFNESS; WALL;

EID: 84887370512     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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