Strength of unreinforced masonry walls under concentrated compression loads

Asteris, PG; Syrmakezis, CA

dc.contributor.author	Asteris, PG	en
dc.contributor.author	Syrmakezis, CA	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:23:08Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:23:08Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.issn	10840680	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/16824
dc.subject	Compression	en
dc.subject	Concentrated loads	en
dc.subject	Failure surface	en
dc.subject	Finite-element method	en
dc.subject	Masonry	en
dc.subject	Nonlinear analysis	en
dc.subject	Walls	en
dc.subject.other	Anisotropy	en
dc.subject.other	Compressive strength	en
dc.subject.other	Computational geometry	en
dc.subject.other	Deformation	en
dc.subject.other	Finite element method	en
dc.subject.other	Masonry construction	en
dc.subject.other	Parameter estimation	en
dc.subject.other	Structural loads	en
dc.subject.other	Surfaces	en
dc.subject.other	Compression loads	en
dc.subject.other	Failure surface	en
dc.subject.other	Nonlinear analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Wall behavior	en
dc.subject.other	Walls (structural partitions)	en
dc.title	Strength of unreinforced masonry walls under concentrated compression loads	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0680(2005)10:2(133)	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0680(2005)10:2(133)	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	In this paper, the strength of masonry walls subjected to concentrated vertical loads is investigated. An orthotropic finite-element model is used to simulate the wall behavior. Nonlinear deformation characteristics of masonry material as well as its anisotropic (orthotropic) behavior are taken into consideration. A new anisotropic yield/failure surface of a masonry wall under biaxial stress, in a cubic tensor polynomial form, is proposed. A parametric study is carried out using several parameters such as the loaded area length to the total length ratio, the load position in relation to the end of the wall, and the wall geometry. Based on the results of the parametric investigation, a new design rule that takes into account the aforementioned parameters is proposed. © ASCE/MAY 2005.	en
heal.journalName	Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0680(2005)10:2(133)	en
dc.identifier.volume	10	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	133	en
dc.identifier.epage	140	en