The concrete frame strength test is filled with brick against horizontal loads with several types of column beam joints and several types of brick wall connection frames

摘要

Damages occurred in brick walls in a simple structure because of an earthquake show that walls also withstand the load. The damages may occur due to a lack of quality in the materials and the joint between each element of the wall. Therefore, this research aimed to examine the connections between the wall elements in order to investigate the strength of the walls with ductile and non-ductile connections and its crack behavior. The connection investigated in this study was the connection between the brick wall and beam, the brick wall and column, also the beam and column. The ductile wall connections were built according to the SNI brick walls, and anchors were put on the wall-to-beam and wall-to-column connection. The brick walls were then given load in a horizontal direction. Based on the results, the ductile walls with anchor had the greatest strength with 2.204 kg whereas the ductile walls without anchor had lower strength with 1.929 kg. On the other hand, the strength of the non-ductile walls was 1.653 kg. In conclusion, the absence of anchors that bind the wall-to-column and wall-to-beam reduced the strength by 12.5% whereas the use of non-ductile connections reduced the strength by up to 25%.