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Article
Numerical Modeling and Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Walls
Author(s)
Isak Idrizi1 and Zekirija Idrizi2
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2017.09.006
Affiliation(s)
1. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Mother Teresa University, Shkup 1000, Macedonia;
2. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hasan Prishtina University, Prishinë 10000, Kosova
ABSTRACT
Estimation of shear strength and other mechanical characteristics of
masonry wall panels through experimental research is the most reliable analysis
approach. However, considering all the difficulties in performing experimental
research, material costs, laboratory preparations and time expenses, it is not
difficult to conclude that this approach is also not the most rational. Aside
from experimental investigations, advanced analytical methods are considered
cheaper and practical, which can approximately describe the mechanical behavior
of masonry walls. The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate how advanced analytical
methods, based on discrete and applied element methods, are capable of
estimating, in close approximation, the realistic behavior of masonry walls.
The use of advanced analysis methods for determination of the behavior of
full-scaled masonry walls (with and without openings), avails the inclusion of
infill masonry walls on the processes of modeling, analysis and design of
building structures, without the need of extensive experimental investigations.
This would result in achieving more approximate analytical building models in
respect to their realistic behavior and ultimately achieve better optimization
of structural design.
KEYWORDS
URM (unreinforced masonry wall) wall, discrete methods, advanced analysis, numerical modeling.
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