Simulated Earthquake Behavior of Unreinforced Masonry Walls

摘要

To investigate the seismic behavior of unreinforced masonry constructions in regions of low seismicity several pseudodynamic tests were carried out at the Department of Concrete Structures of the TU Munich. Within these tests the shape of the investigated building was reduced to a 3-DOF system with structural walls between and elastic restraint in the concrete slabs. As the upper two storeys were considered just numerically with linear and nonlinear springs the critical shear wall in the lowest storey has been tested within the pseudodynamic experiment.