Critical analysis on the use of the shove test for investigating the shear-sliding behavior of brick masonry

The shove test (ASTM Standard C1531) is an experimental technique aimed at studying the shear-sliding behavior of brick masonry. It can be executed according to various testing methods that differ in the way the vertical compression load is applied and in the way bricks and/or joints are locally removed for inserting jacks. One of the most...

Numerical prediction of the response of a squat shear wall sunjected to monotonic loading through PARC_CL model

The paper adopts the FEM to describe the behaviour of a squat shear wall subjected to monotonic loading conditions. Nonlinear finite element analyses (NLFEA) have been performed with the model, denoted as PARC_CL, implemented at the University of Parma in the user’s subroutine UMAT.for for the ABAQUS Code. The PARC_CL model, suitable for...