In-plane response of slender walls made of calcium silicate brick and element masonry

Due to the increase of induced seismic activities in the Groningen area (north part of the Netherlands), the assessment of low-rise residential buildings with slender façade piers became of relevance. In this framework, the in-plane response of slender walls made of calcium silicate (CS) brick and element masonry is investigated in this paper...

Experimental investigation of the in-plane cyclic behaviour of calcium silicate brick masonry walls

The material and structural performance of calcium silicate (CS) brick masonry has received relatively little attention in the past, although this material is often used for the construction of low-rise buildings in Central and Northern Europe. Upon the occurrence of induced seismicity in the north of the Netherlands, an extensive testing...

Seismic assessment of a lab-tested two-storey unreinforced masonry Dutch terraced house

The exploitation of geo-resources in the northern part of the Netherlands (Groningen region) is triggering shallow earthquakes, rising the need of assessing the current building stock. Being the region not prone to tectonic earthquakes, buildings are designed as wind-resistant systems and have specific characteristics that can limit their...

Influence of the behaviour of calcium silicate brick and element masonry on the lateral capacity of structures

In recent years induced seismicity in the Netherlands considerably increased. This phenomenon has a wide impact on the built environment, which is mainly composed by unreinforced masonry (URM) structures. These buildings were not designed for seismic loading, and present peculiar characteristics include very slender walls (100 mm thickness and 2...

Material characterisation of replicated calcium silicate element masonry

Structural behaviour of a calcium silicate element masonry assemblage: Quasi-static cyclic pushover test

Computational modeling of the cyclic pushover test on a calcium silicate element masonry assemblage

Induced seismicity in the Groningen region of the Netherlands has led to a large scale testing campaign on Calcium silicate element masonry structures at Delft University of Technology. An overview of the finite element analysis (FEA) using an implicit solver, on the full scale quasi-static cyclic pushover test performed on a two-storey calcium...

Structural behaviour of a calcium silicate brick masonry assemblage: Quasi-static cyclic pushover and dynamic identification test (C31B60-7)