Comparison of the Masonry Building Codes Turkish, Euro and USA Building Codes

Abstract

The term ‘masonry’ covers a wide range of materials such as clay brick, stone, cellular concrete block and adobe and in turn masonry structures are wall-bearing systems constructed by using such materials, which vary widely in form and mechanical properties. Seismic safety of masonry structures deserves special consideration in view of the fact that a high percentage of the population has been living in such buildings in moderate-to-severe seismic zones of the world. Although most of the life losses during earthquakes have occurred due to collapse of masonry buildings, the efforts to quantify the seismic performance of masonry structures and to increase their performance are still inadequate when compared with the current advances in the area of reinforced concrete (RC) technology and construction. In this study Paper we chose three design codes of buildings in Europe, America and Turkey Code to compare between their codes about ancient masonry building properties we explain their manners and rules that they depend on it during the masonry building design. As the result it seen different manners that belongs to the zone condition of every code. We study three mechanical properties included Materials Strength, Compressive strength and shear force strength.

Keywords

• Masonry,Building,Code,Earthquake

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