Development of earthquake resistant masonry
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Project Description
Masonry walls are often used in multi-storey framed structures as infill panels. A new masonry system has been developed to improve the seismic behaviour of framed structures with masonry infill panels. It is called semi interlocking masonry (SIM). In this system dry-stack infill panels are built with masonry units capable of relative sliding in-plane of a panel. SIM panels have reduced in-plane stiffness and increased frictional energy dissipation capacity compared with traditional masonry infill panels. Under seismic loads these panels do not detrimentally interfere with the natural frame vibration but rather positively contribute to earthquake resistance mainly by increasing damping.
Selected Publications
- Kun Lin, Totoev Y.Z. & Hong Jun Liu, "In-plane cyclic test on framed dry-stack masonry panel", Advanced Material Research Journal, Vol. 163-167, 2011, pp. 3899-3903.
- Lin, K., Y.Z. Totoev, and H. Liu, "Energy dissipation during cyclic tests in framed dry stack unreinforced masonry panels", Proceedings of 9th Australasian Masonry Conference, 2011, Queenstown, New Zealand.
- Lin, K., Y.Z. Totoev, and A. Page, "Numerical modelling of framed dry-stack interlocking masonry panels", Proceedings of 11th North American Masonry Conference, 2011, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Totoev Y.Z. and Lin. K., "Frictional energy dissipation and damping capacity of framed semi-interlocking masonry infill panel", Proceedings of 15th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, 2012, Florianapolis, Brazil.
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