In Situ Lateral Load Testing of a Two-Story Solid Clay Brick Masonry Building

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 04018058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alper Aldemir ◽  
Baris Binici ◽  
Erdem Canbay ◽  
Ahmet Yakut
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Load ◽  
Brick Masonry ◽  
Masonry Building ◽  
Load Testing ◽  
Clay Brick

Correlation Between Computed Stress Response and Observed Damage of a Heritage Masonry Building

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anshu Tomar ◽  
Dilip Kumar Paul ◽  
Pankaj Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Pushover Analysis ◽  
Brick Masonry ◽  
Masonry Building ◽  
Foundation Soil ◽  
Structural Assessment ◽  
Historical Investigation ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Observed Damage ◽  
Seismic Forces

There is a large number of historical brick masonry buildings vulnerable worldwide against seismic forces and required to be safeguarded. Therefore, a need arises for developing a cost-efficient and easily executable retrofitting strategy. To serve this purpose, a massive historical lime mortar brick masonry building: Forest Research Institute Dehradun has been analyzed in an uncracked form. A multifaceted assessment in the form of historical investigation about the building, geometrical reconnaissance survey, foundation soil characterization has been done. Material identification by means of laboratory testing, surveys and the literature indications has been carried out prior to numerical structural assessment. The structural assessment was carried out by using finite element method with masonry non-linearity defined by proper constitutive assumptions. The non-linear static pushover analysis has been carried out and the results were compared with existing in situ cracked conditions prevailing in the building. Comparisons of the expected seismic demand of uncracked structure with in situ existing damages were close which validated the damage to be seismically induced and confirm the vulnerability of such buildings to pervasive damages and a possibility of collapse against seismic loading.

scholarly journals Assessment of load bearing clay brick masonry for analyzing long-term durability through field measurement and visual review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blair E. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Brick Masonry ◽  
Clay Brick ◽  
Saturation Point ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Freeze Thaw ◽  
Uniform Manner ◽  
Mosaic Images

This thesis examines a load bearing clay brick century home research house in Toronto (Canada) which has recently undergone the addition of polyurethane foam insulation on all interior sides of the exterior clay brick load bearing walls, increasing the insulating value in areas to RSI 7.9 W/m2K, on average. This study introduces and advances techniques to create high-resolution stitched mosaic images of the elevations to visually document the current physical condition of the brick. The critical saturation point was used to determine the capabilities of the clay brick masonry to resist freeze-thaw damage by way of frost dilatometry testing and compared to measurements taken by in-situ moisture content sensors in the brick masonry. This project also reveals how bricks expand and deteriorate in non-uniform manner during saturated three-dimensional dilatometry testing.

Lateral load testing of an existing two story masonry building up to near collapse

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 3365-3383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alper Aldemir ◽  
Baris Binici ◽  
Erdem Canbay ◽  
Ahmet Yakut
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Load ◽  
Masonry Building ◽  
Load Testing

scholarly journals Assessment of load bearing clay brick masonry for analyzing long-term durability through field measurement and visual review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blair E. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Brick Masonry ◽  
Clay Brick ◽  
Saturation Point ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Freeze Thaw ◽  
Uniform Manner ◽  
Mosaic Images

This thesis examines a load bearing clay brick century home research house in Toronto (Canada) which has recently undergone the addition of polyurethane foam insulation on all interior sides of the exterior clay brick load bearing walls, increasing the insulating value in areas to RSI 7.9 W/m2K, on average. This study introduces and advances techniques to create high-resolution stitched mosaic images of the elevations to visually document the current physical condition of the brick. The critical saturation point was used to determine the capabilities of the clay brick masonry to resist freeze-thaw damage by way of frost dilatometry testing and compared to measurements taken by in-situ moisture content sensors in the brick masonry. This project also reveals how bricks expand and deteriorate in non-uniform manner during saturated three-dimensional dilatometry testing.

In-situ load testing of a WWII era timber Warren truss in the development of a structural health monitoring program

2021 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 112274
Author(s):  
Henry Helmer-Smith ◽  
Nicholas Vlachopoulos ◽  
Marc-André Dagenais ◽  
Bradley Forbes
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Load Testing ◽  
Structural Health
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