12 th Canadian Masonry Symposium Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2-5, 2013 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE DEFORMATION CAPACITY OF STRUCTURAL MASONRY A. Salmanpour 1 , N. Mojsilović 2 and J. Schwartz 3 1 PhD Student, ETH Zurich, Institute of Structural Engineering, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland, [email protected] 2 Senior Scientist, ETH Zurich, Institute of Structural Engineering, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland, [email protected] 3 Professor, ETH Zurich, Institute of Technology in Architecture, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland, [email protected] ABSTRACT A research project on the deformation capacity of unreinforced structural masonry is underway at the Institute of Structural Engineering of ETH Zurich. The development of the basic building blocks for the displacement-based design of masonry structures is the objective of the present research project, which should be seen as a first step in an investigation of the limits of the deformation capacity of structural masonry. After a thorough survey and assessment of existing experimental and analytical research in the area of the deformation capacity of structural masonry, we started our own experimental program. It has been planned in two phases, i.e. preliminary and main phases, and consists of a total of 11 cyclic quasi-static tests on full-scale unreinforced masonry walls made of clay and calcium-silicate blocks to investigate the effects of the various factors, i.e. unit type, vertical pre-compression level, aspect ratio, size effect and boundary conditions on the deformation capacity of structural masonry. This paper presents and discusses the first results obtained from the preliminary phase of the abovementioned experimental program. KEYWORDS: deformation capacity, experimental study, cyclic-static test, structural masonry, URM INTRODUCTION The deformation capacity is a key parameter in the seismic design and evaluation of structures. Unfortunately, our current state of knowledge of the deformation capacity of structural masonry is limited. The available experimental data has pronounced randomness, and it is not possible to identify a rational value for the deformation capacity of masonry structures based only on such experimental data. Furthermore, there are no reliable analytical models for the force-deformation relationship of structural masonry. It should be noted that the values recommended in the literature for the deformation capacity of masonry structures are based primarily on the statistical analysis of the results of past experiments. These values are not always readily applicable because, as mentioned before, the data obtained from tests exhibits a rather large scatter. In general, the deformation capacity of masonry structures is a very complex parameter; it is influenced not only by the failure mechanism but also by many other factors such as the constituent materials, geometry, pre-compression level, etc. Currently, we are still not able to
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE DEFORMATION CAPACITY OF STRUCTURAL MASONRY
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A research project on the deformation capacity of unreinforced structural masonry is underway at the Institute of Structural Engineering of ETH Zurich. The development of the basic building blocks for the displacement-based design of masonry structures is the objective of the present research project, which should be seen as a first step in an investigation of the limits of the deformation capacity of structural masonry. After a thorough survey and assessment of existing experimental and analytical research in the area of the deformation capacity of structural masonry, we started our own experimental program.
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