Abstract: The tensile behavior of reinforced concrete and clay unit masonry was studied by conducting a series of 33 direct tension tests on instrumented specimens. The effect of the steel reinforcement ratio was the principal ...

Abstract: Shear walls are subjected to biaxial in-plane stresses when resisting seismic or wind loadings. Vertical tensile cracking reduces the compressive strength of walls in a direction normal to the tensile strain. This has been ...