Wind and earthquake shear load in symmetrical loadbearing masonry buildings

Title: Wind and earthquake shear load in symmetrical loadbearing masonry buildings
Creator: Sing-Sang, Pedro; Totoev, Yuri; Page, Adrian W.
Relation: The Masonry Society Journal Vol. 27, Issue 1, p. 55-70
Relation: http://www.masonrysociety.org/html/resources/journal/TMSJournalBackIssues.htm
Publisher: The Masonry Society
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: The differential movements are caused by brick growth, concrete shrinkage, and thermal expansion/contraction. In Australia, loadbearing unreinforced masonry is a common system of construction for "walk up" apartment buildingsup to five storeys. Although unreinforced masonry structuresgenerally perform poorly in seismically active areas,they are frequently used in Australia because Australia is located in a region with low to moderate seismic risk [Page (2002)]. This form of construction creates a challenge for seismic design, as clear load paths need to be established for seismic forces despite the limited shear capacity of the slip joints whose design has been governed by serviceability requirements. For low to moderate earthquake loading (as for Australia), this can be achieved by the appropriate choice of slip joint material.
Subject: slip joint; loadbearing; masonry; earthquakes; wind
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/916876
Identifier: uon:8138
Identifier: ISSN:0741-1294
Language: eng
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