Numerical analysis of masonry walls with flanges subjected to horizontal loads

• Grant number: 09/10053-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: November 01, 2009
• End date: January 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Marcio Antonio Ramalho
• Grantee: Vladimir Guilherme Haach
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This work aims to study the influence of flanges in behavior of masonry walls subjected to horizontal loading. The importance of this study is related by the fact that in a masonry building the walls are almost never isolated, i. e., without transversal walls. Transversal walls (flanges) increase the stiffness of the structural system and significantly improve the lateral capacity of the buildings. An extensive literature review about the subject will be performed in order to collect sufficient information to build numerical 3D-models which allows simulate masonry walls with flanges. After this review, numerical simulations will be carried out through a parametrical analysis in order to define the influence of the several parameters that influence the behaviour of masonry walls with flanges subjected to horizontal loading. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

HAACH, VLADIMIR G.; RAMALHO, MARCIA A.; CORREA, MARCIO R. S.. Parametrical study of unreinforced flanged masonry walls subjected to horizontal loading through numerical modeling. ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, v. 56, p. 207-217, NOV 2013. (09/10053-9)