[PDF] Top 20 Role of timber diaphragms in the seismic response of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings

... negligible role in determining the global response of the structure (all the curves are practically the ...the diaphragms, the model was modified by halving the thickness of the north wall (moving ... See full document

... TF masonry buildings performed better than not only conventional Unreinforced Masonry (URM) buildings, but even Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings poorly detailed for ... See full document

... URM buildings are usually constructed from locally avail- able construction materials in the countryside of Van ...Province. Masonry construction technique is similar in ru- ral settlement areas at ... See full document

... of URM buildings starts from the hypotheses on their struc- tural and earthquake behaviour; the load bearing structure under horizontal and vertical loadings is defined, with walls and ...in-plane ... See full document

... that URM infills are non-structural elements is common to most design ...frame buildings also because of the inherent complexities of capturing the seismic response of this typology of ...the ... See full document

... the response spectrum analysis has been carried out for the ...analysis. Response spectrum was first invented by ...of response histories in terms of peak response of all SDOF system of ... See full document

... The project seeks to develop a method which can be used to assess the mode of failure in damaged buildings, so the analysis must not only reasonably predict whether a certain action will produce failure, but also ... See full document

... of masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames with open first storey of with and without opening by performing its static and dynamic ...in seismic zone-III is considered by modeling of initial ... See full document

... the masonry shell elements; the red lines define the rigid links, and the black lines define the timber ...horizontal timber beam is tightly fixed to the horizontal steel reaction beam of the testing ... See full document

... The presence of masonry walls is to change a frame action of a moment resisting frame structure towards a truss action. When infills are present, shear and axial force demands are considerably higher leaving the ... See full document

... Figures 4 and 5 show the final stages of development for plastic hinges on both directions. The color code is the following: B (pink) means the plastic hinge is formed, IO (blue) is for immediate occupancy, LS (light ... See full document

... none-engineered buildings [1]. Estimation of the expected damage probability of buildings in a region due to an earthquake scenario is known as seismic vulnerability assessment that defines the ... See full document

... RCC buildings are commonly used for construction but there are many other methods that can give comparative ...For seismic regions there is need to find out another construction method that can help to ... See full document

... Since the magnitude of a future earthquake and shaking intensity expected at a particular site cannot be estimated with a reasonable accuracy, the seismic forces are difficult to quantify for the purposes of ... See full document

... IMA1 Masonry – irregular layout – flexible floors – with tie rods and/or tie beams 1–2 IMA2 Masonry – irregular layout – flexible floors– without tie rods and tie beams 1–2 RMA2 Masonry – regular ... See full document

... In order to study axial force on strut which represents the masonry infill, strut D-12 is chosen. For this same dimension of infill panel for both buildings at particular level were considered. From fig it ... See full document

... concrete buildings are the most common residential construction in our ...the seismic motion in addition to other dynamic properties. The response of the building to the ground motion is determined ... See full document

... of masonry structures due to a heavy flooding in the eastern province of Sri ...in masonry structures should be thoroughly examined in the views of poor construction quality, workmanship & material ... See full document

... and masonry cubes during the test was very difficult because the test rig was enclosed to avoid ...For masonry cubes, the failure was characterized by vertical splitting cracks appearing firstly in the ... See full document

... Composite jacketing can be used to strengthen the columns and infill walls and to improve the ductility of the columns and the post-cracking behaviour of the URM infill walls. However, this retrofit option will ... See full document