Behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading

Experimental study of five full scale masonry wall panels subjected to prescibed pre-compressive vertical loading and increasing in-plane lateral loading is discussed. All five walls were constructed using interlocking mortarless load bearing hollow concrete blocks. The behaviour of wall in term of...

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Main Authors: Safiee, Nor Azizi, Abu Bakar, Nabilah, Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline, Ashour, Ashraf Fawzy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73261/
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author Safiee, Nor Azizi
Abu Bakar, Nabilah
Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline
Ashour, Ashraf Fawzy
author_facet Safiee, Nor Azizi
Abu Bakar, Nabilah
Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline
Ashour, Ashraf Fawzy
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description Experimental study of five full scale masonry wall panels subjected to prescibed pre-compressive vertical loading and increasing in-plane lateral loading is discussed. All five walls were constructed using interlocking mortarless load bearing hollow concrete blocks. The behaviour of wall in term of deflections along the wall height, shear strength, mortarless joint behaviour and local and overall failures under increasing in-plane lateral loading and pre-compressive vertical loading are reported and analysed. Simple strut-and-tie models are also developed to estimate the ultimate in-plane lateral capacity of the panel walls tested. The results indicate that, as the pre-compressive load increases, the in-plane lateral load capacity of walls increases. All walls tested failed due to diagonal shear and/or moderate toe crushing depending on the level of the pre-compressive load. The proposed strut-and-tie models were able to give reasonable predictions of the walls tested.
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spelling upm-732612020-11-30T06:50:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73261/ Behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading Safiee, Nor Azizi Abu Bakar, Nabilah Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline Ashour, Ashraf Fawzy Experimental study of five full scale masonry wall panels subjected to prescibed pre-compressive vertical loading and increasing in-plane lateral loading is discussed. All five walls were constructed using interlocking mortarless load bearing hollow concrete blocks. The behaviour of wall in term of deflections along the wall height, shear strength, mortarless joint behaviour and local and overall failures under increasing in-plane lateral loading and pre-compressive vertical loading are reported and analysed. Simple strut-and-tie models are also developed to estimate the ultimate in-plane lateral capacity of the panel walls tested. The results indicate that, as the pre-compressive load increases, the in-plane lateral load capacity of walls increases. All walls tested failed due to diagonal shear and/or moderate toe crushing depending on the level of the pre-compressive load. The proposed strut-and-tie models were able to give reasonable predictions of the walls tested. Taylor and Francis 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73261/1/PLANE.pdf Safiee, Nor Azizi and Abu Bakar, Nabilah and Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline and Ashour, Ashraf Fawzy (2018) Behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 19 (2). 87 - 95. ISSN 1328-7982 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13287982.2018.1433489?journalCode=tsen20 10.1080/13287982.2018.1433489
spellingShingle Safiee, Nor Azizi
Abu Bakar, Nabilah
Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline
Ashour, Ashraf Fawzy
Behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading
title Behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading
title_full Behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading
title_fullStr Behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading
title_full_unstemmed Behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading
title_short Behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading
title_sort behaviour of interlocking mortarless hollow block walls under in-plane loading
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73261/1/PLANE.pdf