Lateral strength Of urm piers: comparison between codified criteria and in-plane test results
Luca Albanesi (European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering - EUCENTRE)
Paolo Morandi (Pavia University)
F. Graziotti (Pavia University)
T. li Piani (TU Delft - Applied Mechanics)
Andrea Penna (Pavia University)
Guido Magenes (Pavia University)
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Abstract
The lateral resistance represents one of the most significant wall parameters to be used in the seismic analyses for the design/assessment of masonry buildings. In this article, an investigation on in-plane lateral strength of URM piers has been proposed thorough a comparison between the results from codified criteria and the outcomes of several experimental in-plane cyclic tests on masonry walls. In this context, a new database collecting the results of in-plane cyclic tests on unreinforced masonry piers, carried out within different research projects, has been devel-oped. The database consists of walls with bricks and blocks with different masonry materials (clay, lightweight aerated concrete, AAC, calcium silicate), bed-and head-joint typologies, di-mensions, boundary conditions, vertical applied loads and horizontal loading history. This source of information of consistent and reliable test results represents a necessary step into the process of definition of shared rules in the European context.