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an orthotropic continuum model for the analysis of masonry structures

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TNO-95-NM-R0712 1995 275. EXAMPLESIn <strong>the</strong> present section <strong>the</strong> <strong>masonry</strong> <strong>model</strong> proposed in this report is used to <strong>an</strong>alyse different <strong>structures</strong>found in <strong>the</strong> literature.5.1 TU Eindhoven tests on shear wallsSeveral tests on <strong>masonry</strong> shear walls were carried out within <strong>the</strong> scope <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> STRUCTURALMASONRY program from <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>an</strong>ds, see Raijmakers <strong>an</strong>d Vermeltfoort (1992) <strong>an</strong>d Vermeltfoort<strong>an</strong>d Raijmakers (1993). In Louren•o (1994) some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> specimens are <strong>an</strong>alysed with a micro<strong>model</strong><strong>an</strong>d very good agreement is found with <strong>the</strong> experimental results. The parameters necessaryto characterize <strong>the</strong> micro-material <strong>model</strong> are available from micro-experiments but almost noexperimental data are available on <strong>the</strong> behaviour <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> composite.The purpose <strong>of</strong> this report is not a sharp reproduction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> experimental results <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> main concern<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> author is to reproduce <strong>the</strong> behaviour observed in <strong>the</strong> experiments. For this purpose <strong>the</strong>exact knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> macro-material parameters is not capital (<strong>an</strong>d, in <strong>an</strong>y case, it is not known<strong>for</strong> this particular structure).The Þrst shear wall <strong>an</strong>alysed by Louren•o (1994) is used <strong>for</strong> comparison between <strong>the</strong> micro- <strong>an</strong>dmacro-<strong>model</strong>. The specimen consists <strong>of</strong> a pier with a width/height ratio <strong>of</strong> one (990 × 1000 mm 2 ),built up with 18 layers (16 layers unrestrained) <strong>of</strong> Joosten solid clay bricks (dimensions 204 x 98 x50 mm 3 ) <strong>an</strong>d 10 mm thick mortar (1:2:9, cement:lime:s<strong>an</strong>d by volume). The pier was subjected toa vertical precompression <strong>for</strong>ce P = 30 kN be<strong>for</strong>e a horizontal load was monotonically increasedunder top displacement control d until failure (see Fig. 23). The cracking patterns are depicted inFig. 24 <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> two tests carried out.Pda) Phase 1 - Vertical loading b) Phase 2 - Horizontal loadingFig. 23 - Loads <strong>for</strong> Vermeltfoort shear wall

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