Analyses of axial compression ratio of walls in Unreinforced Masonry Structures

Author

Zhang, Wenfang ; Guo, Dongjuan

Author_Institution

Coll. of Archit. & Civil Eng., Taiyuan Univ. of Technol., Taiyuan, China

fYear

2011

fDate

22-24 April 2011

Firstpage

1928

Lastpage

1931

Abstract

Axial compression ratio of Walls in Unreinforced Masonry Structures is studied based on a 7-story concrete small block building and a 7-story common brick building with FEM. Factors that influence the axial compression ratio are analyzed. The axial compression ratio of walls in unreinforced masonry structures is compared with that of walls in concrete shear wall structures and reinforced masonry structures. Besides, Characteristic value of axial compression ratio is calculated. The results shows that axial compression ratio ranges from 0.06 to 0.50 and is associated with story number, material, load, wall width and plane layout of structures etc. Characteristic value of axial compression ratio ranges from 0.04 to 0.30 which is about 60 percent of its design value.

Keywords

brick; finite element analysis; structural engineering; walls; 7-story common brick building; 7-story concrete small block building; FEM; axial compression ratio analyses; unreinforced masonry structures; walls; Architecture; Civil engineering; Compressive stress; Concrete; Layout; Presses; axial compression ratio; axial compressive stress; characteristic value; seismic walls; unreinforced masonry structures;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Technology and Civil Engineering (ICETCE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lushan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0289-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETCE.2011.5774552

Filename

5774552