Shear Failure of Historic Masonry Walls

Abstract

Shear behaviour of masonry has been studied for modern masonry and few experimental results are available for historic un-reinforced masonry walls (HURM) under seismic loads. A series of triplet tests, racking and cyclic shear wall tests have been experimentally conducted by the authors to investigate shear failure mechanisms and strength of HURM walls.

Keywords

• Shear behavior,masonry,unreinforced masonry walls,seismic loads

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