Determination of mechanical properties of traditional masonry walls in dwellings of Faial Island, Azores

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 1361-1382 ◽  
Author(s):  
An�bal Costa
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Masonry Walls

Destructive Tests for the Determination of Masonry Performance

2009 ◽  
Vol 417-418 ◽  
pp. 753-756
Author(s):  
Lucio Nobile ◽  
Cristina Gentilini ◽  
Veronica Bartolomeo ◽  
Mario Bonagura
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Masonry Walls ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Diagonal Compression

Several masonry panels are studied by means of destructive tests such as compressive, diagonal compression and shear-compression tests. The experimental research allows to characterize the mechanical properties of masonry walls in order to assess the masonry performance. Moreover, a brief recall of the most important experimental progress is presented in order to understand the state of the art of the research in the field of destructive tests.

scholarly journals Strength Parameters Of Masonry Walls In Modelling Historic Constructions

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Gołębiewski ◽  
Izabela Lubowiecka ◽  
Marcin Kujawa
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Basic Material ◽  
Masonry Walls ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Element Size

Abstract The paper presents the determination of the basic material properties of a historic brickwork. Experimental studies were used to identify the basic material properties of bricks. The mechanical properties of the masonry, as an orthotropic homogenized material, were calculated. Then, numerical simulations using the Finite Element Method (FEM) were performed to verify the experimental outcomes. Macromodels with element sizes of 40, 20, 10 and 5 mm, and a micromodel with an element size of 5 mm were applied. The results were compared with experimental data and results available in literature.

Basic set of experiments for determination of mechanical properties of sand

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-137
Author(s):  
A. Sawicki ◽  
J. Mierczyński
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Soil Mechanics ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Laboratory Equipment ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
Initial Anisotropy

Abstract A basic set of experiments for the determination of mechanical properties of sands is described. This includes the determination of basic physical and mechanical properties, as conventionally applied in soil mechanics, as well as some additional experiments, which provide further information on mechanical properties of granular soils. These additional experiments allow for determination of steady state and instability lines, stress-strain relations for isotropic loading and pure shearing, and simple cyclic shearing tests. Unconventional oedometric experiments are also presented. Necessary laboratory equipment is described, which includes a triaxial apparatus equipped with local strain gauges, an oedometer capable of measuring lateral stresses and a simple cyclic shearing apparatus. The above experiments provide additional information on soil’s properties, which is useful in studying the following phenomena: pre-failure deformations of sand including cyclic loading compaction, pore-pressure generation and liquefaction, both static and caused by cyclic loadings, the effect of sand initial anisotropy and various instabilities. An important feature of the experiments described is that they make it possible to determine the initial state of sand, defined as either contractive or dilative. Experimental results for the “Gdynia” model sand are shown.

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