An improved method for estimation of elastic lateral stiffness of brick masonry shear walls with openings

From a review of literature, it is found that while few methods are proposed by various researchers for estimation of lateral stiffness of brick masonry walls with openings, these methods are suitable for strong spandrel-weak pier condition. For weak spandrel-strong pier condition, these methods ove...

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Published in:KSCE journal of civil engineering 2011, 15(2), , pp.281-293
Main Authors: Balasubramanian, S. R., Balaji Rao, K., Basu, Dhiman, Anoop, M. B., Vaidyanathan, C. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brick
Bricks
Brickwork
Civil Engineering
Engineering
Finite element method
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Industrial Pollution Prevention
Literature reviews
Masonry
Mathematical analysis
Piers
Shear
Shear walls
Spandrels
Stiffness
Walls
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Summary:From a review of literature, it is found that while few methods are proposed by various researchers for estimation of lateral stiffness of brick masonry walls with openings, these methods are suitable for strong spandrel-weak pier condition. For weak spandrel-strong pier condition, these methods over estimate the stiffness. An improved method for estimation of stiffness of brick masonry shear walls with opening is presented in this paper. For the weak spandrel-strong pier condition, they overestimate the stiffness of the wall. The proposed method is applicable to both strong spandrel-weak pier and weak spandrel-strong pier conditions. It has been observed that the results of the proposed method are generally in good agreement with the results of finite element analysis and experimental results and are better than the other methods available in literature.
ISSN:1226-7988
1976-3808
DOI:10.1007/s12205-011-0733-8