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Author(s): Alexandre Costa
Bruno Silva
Aníbal Costa
João Guedes
António Arêde
Title: Structural behaviour of a masonry wall under cyclic load: experimental and numerical study
Issue Date: 2006
Abstract: This paper presents a numerical and experimental study on the structural behaviour of a stone masonry wall recovered from a house in Faial island, Archipelago of Azores, that collapsed during the 9th July 1998 earthquake. The wall was identified and tested under cyclic horizontal loads at the Laboratory of Seismic and Structural Engineering (LESE) of the Faculty of Engineering of Porto University, to simulate the effects of a horizontal seismic action. In particular, the experimental response allowed accessing the cyclic behaviour and estimation of energy dissipation and ductility capacity of the structure, as well as its strength and stiffness. Afterwards the wall was simulated numerically using a finite element method. The stones and the infill were simulated separately using different behaviour models and the link between the two materials was simulated with joint elements (Pegon, 1999). Finally, the numerical results were compared to the experimental response.
Subject: Engenharia estrutural, Engenharia civil
Structural engineering, Civil engineering
Scientific areas: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias::Engenharia civil
Engineering and technology::Civil engineering
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/67509
Source: 5th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions
Document Type: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
Rights: openAccess
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Appears in Collections:FEUP - Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional

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