Print Email Facebook Twitter Characterizing the Material Properties of Dutch Unreinforced Masonry Title Characterizing the Material Properties of Dutch Unreinforced Masonry Author Jafari, S. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics) Rots, J.G. (TU Delft Structural Design & Mechanics) Esposito, R. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics) Messali, F. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics) Date 2017 Abstract In the northern part of the Netherlands, The recent seismic activities have raised concerns about the behavior of unreinforced masonry structures which were not designed and constructed to resist seismic loading. The first step towards assessment of seismic behavior of masonry structures is to characterize the material properties. This characterization is the matter of importance, since the findings serve as input parameters for analytical and numerical models. To do so, destructive laboratory tests (standard and non-standard tests) have been carried out on samples extracted from existing masonry buildings. The compression, bending and shear properties of masonry were investigated in this research. The obtained properties were categorized with respect to masonry typologies and time periods. Subject Destructive testsExperimental testsMaterial propertiesURM To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bc44b187-055f-4899-92eb-9bf4eb1cac43 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.06.211 ISSN 1877-7058 Source Procedia Engineering, 193, 250-257 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 S. Jafari, J.G. Rots, R. Esposito, F. Messali Files PDF 1_s2.0_S1877705817327674_main.pdf 460.89 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:bc44b187-055f-4899-92eb-9bf4eb1cac43/datastream/OBJ/view