Abstract: Wind, earth pressure, and earthquakes acting on a building generate bending effects and produce shear stresses in load bearing masonry walls. Stress and strain responses during shearing of masonry joints indicate unrecoverable ...

Abstract: Cracks develop in concrete piles under lateral static loading as the tensile stress exceeds the concrete strength, causing a decrease in the pile's flexural rigidity and influencing the load–deflection behavior. This paper ...

Abstract: Bored piles (drilled shafts) socketed in weathered rock mass are frequently used to transfer higher lateral loads from superstructures to competent underlying rock mass. A common method for analyzing the response of laterally ...