Experimental Behavior of Clay Masonry Wall with Opening Under Effect of Lateral Forces
Journal Title: International Journal of Civil, Structural, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering Research and Development (IJCSEIERD) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
This paper presents an experimental test program, on eight clay brick masonry walls, under the effect of lateral forces. The effect of opening, boundary condition and vertical compression forces were assumed as, variables in the tests. Three of these eight tested walls were constructed which had a mid-span opening. The tested walls were designed with different supported along two, three and four edges. The top and bottom edges were assumed as simply-supported, while the vertical edges were supported by short return walls, which are restrained from rotation, so that, the two vertical edges could reasonably to be considered as rotationally fixed. The walls were loaded using a system of airbags. The ultimate strength of each wall was determined and compared with previous theoretical methods.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammed M. Rasheed, Karam Mohammed Jarjees
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP244980
- DOI -
- Views 132
- Downloads 0
Landfill Leachate Treatment using Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor
Landfill leachate is the result of rainfall which passes through the dumped waste, the pollutants in the landfill leachate may lead to the contamination of surface and groundwater resources. Sufficient treatment is requi...
Experimental Behavior of Clay Masonry Wall with Opening Under Effect of Lateral Forces
This paper presents an experimental test program, on eight clay brick masonry walls, under the effect of lateral forces. The effect of opening, boundary condition and vertical compression forces were assumed as, variable...
Stream Flow and Land Use Land Cover Change in Finchaa Hydropower, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
In all over the world, land use land cover changes (LULCC) effect on the water storage structures is important for proper management of water resources and its uses. The effects of LULCC and improper management systems h...
An Experimental Study on Strength Properties of Concrete By Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate with Quartz Sand
In civil engineering construction concrete plays a major role. The ingredients in concrete are cement, fine aggregates, coarse aggregates and water. Due to the scarcity of river sand which is used as fine aggregate in co...
ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION IN R
The paper reviews, road traffic accident data analysis and visualization in R programming environment. The aim is to show how to extract meaningful data fromthe raw database and visualize it. The results revealed that ho...