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Compressive testing of an early 20th century brick masonry pillar
- Source :
- Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
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Abstract
- The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1617/s11527-015-0654-y An experimental campaign involving the compressive testing of a brick masonry pillar extracted from a historical building is presented in this paper. The test procedure and the instrumentation are designed in order to determine, in addition to the compressive strength and global Young's modulus of the structure, the behavior in different parts of the pillar. Material samples, representative of the external leaf and the infill, are extracted from the pillar and tested in compression. Differences in strength and elasticity of the two components are critically presented and their influence on the maximum load and failure mode of the pillar are discussed. Finally, a simple analytical model is employed in order to quantify the effect of the mismatch of Young's modulus of the two components of the pillar. Analogies between the studied pillar and three-leaf wall masonry are drawn.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
0211 other engineering and technologies
Modulus
020101 civil engineering
Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Compressive strength
02 engineering and technology
0201 civil engineering
Analytical modeling
Estructures de murs
021105 building & construction
Infill
General Materials Science
Geotechnical engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
business.industry
Historical structures
Building and Construction
Structural engineering
Elasticity (physics)
Masonry
Compression (physics)
Masonry--Testing
Cement mortar
Mechanics of Materials
Solid mechanics
Brick masonry
business
Failure mode and effects analysis
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- Journal :
- Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....52284fb1e52e6f76ddebde4a17b56f8c