Quasi-static testing of cantilever masonry shear wall segments
| dc.contributor.advisor | Klingner, R. E. | en |
| dc.creator | Hernandez, Jaime F. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-25T15:16:29Z | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-11T22:25:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-25T15:16:29Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-11T22:25:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The primary objective of this thesis was to study how the behavior of flexure-dominated masonry shear-wall segments is affected by changes in the normalized axial load and the percentage of vertical reinforcement. Six reinforced masonry shear-wall segment were constructed and tested at the Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory of the University of Texas at Austin. Specimens were 96-in. wide and 96-in. high (aspect ratio equal to 1.0) and were tested with different combinations of axial load ratio (zero and 0.10) and vertical reinforcement ratios (0.33% and 0.16%). Specimens met the 2011 MSJC Code requirements for special reinforced masonry shear walls, and were tested under quasi-static in-plane reversed cyclic loads. The specimens exhibited predominantly flexural behavior, as expected. Specimens exhibited high displacement ductility (5.6 to 16.7), as expected for flexure-dominated specimens. Specimens constructed with "green" units behaved essentially like otherwise identical specimens constructed with conventional ("gray") units. | en |
| dc.description.department | Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/16157 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. | en |
| dc.subject | Masonry | en |
| dc.subject | Shear-wall | en |
| dc.title | Quasi-static testing of cantilever masonry shear wall segments | en |