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Experimental investigation of strength, stiffness and drift capacity of rubble stone masonry walls

Rezaie, Amir  
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Godio, Michele  
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Beyer, Katrin  
2020
Construction and Building Materials

There is limited available research on rubble stone masonry walls, which are vulnerable under seismic loading. This paper presents an experimental campaign of cyclic shear compression tests on six large-scale walls of this topology. The effect of the axial load and shear span ratio on the wall behaviour, notably on the wall stiffness, strength, and drift capacity, was investigated. It was found that the drift at crack onset is only half of that in previous campaigns on stone masonry walls, likely because one face of each wall was plastered, making the damage more visible. Additionally, splitting cracks opening between the wall leaves appear to play a key role in the collapse mechanism. Finally, testing the walls up to the loss of their axial-load-bearing capacity provides new input for the collapse risk analysis of stone masonry buildings.

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DOI
10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118972
Author(s)
Rezaie, Amir  
Godio, Michele  
Beyer, Katrin  
Date Issued

2020

Published in
Construction and Building Materials
Volume

251

Start page

1

End page

17, 118972

Subjects

Rubble stone masonry

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Plaster

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Shear compression test

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Diagonal compression test

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Simple compression test

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Digital image correlation

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April 14, 2020
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