Relative Support Motions on the Out-of-Plane Dynamics of One-Way Spanning Unreinforced Masonry Walls and Insights into Instability Displacement

Abstract

AbstractThis study investigates the effects of differential support motions, caused by filtering effects due to the building response to earthquakes, on the one-way bending out-of-plane (OOP) behavior of unreinforced brick masonry walls, a factor often ...Practical ApplicationsUnreinforced brick masonry walls are common in both historic and modern buildings, but these are particularly vulnerable to earthquake damage, especially when they bend out of their plane. Engineering assessments often assume ...