Earthquake-Resistant Masonry Building
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Extensive research has been carried out during the last decades in universities and building research stations in many parts of the world on the behaviour of masonry buildings under earthquake action and the way structures can be designed to resist it. This booklet presents some of the most important aspects of this research relating to masonry construction. It consists of three main chapters. The first chapter deals with how buildings respond to the lateral and shear stresses generated by earthquakes. The most common structural failures, such as sliding shear, cracks, overturning etc. are illustrated and the concepts of bracing, tying and anchorage are presented as the engineering devices to avoid them. Chapter two discusses earthquake resisting solutions in some detail beginning with simple systems to more complex ideas, such as rigid frames, x-bracing and shear walls. Chapter three presents some of the new research findings on the effect of seismic forces on masonry buildings. Performance specifications for fired bricks, concrete blocks and natural stopne are explained and three common forms of improved masonry construction systems, namely reinforced masonry, confined masonry and reinforced cavity walls are described and illustrated. The general principles governing detailing principal building elements such as walls, floors, roofs etc are explained and guildelines on how to devise plan configurations with inherent seismic resistant qualities are presented.
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Author(s)	Ghaidan, Usam
Publisher	UNESCO
Publication Year	2002-11-25 1:00 pm
Number of Pages	25