Seismic Performance of Masonry Walls Built with New Type of Fired Shale Hollow Blocks

This paper presents the cyclic loading test results of a new type of fired shale hollow block masonry walls. Six specimens were designed including two specimens without reinforcements (bare walls) and four specimens constrained by structural columns (reinforced walls). The influences of aspect ratio...

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Main Authors: Jian Wu, Liangcheng Zeng, Bo Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3984240
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description This paper presents the cyclic loading test results of a new type of fired shale hollow block masonry walls. Six specimens were designed including two specimens without reinforcements (bare walls) and four specimens constrained by structural columns (reinforced walls). The influences of aspect ratio, vertical compressive stress, and structural column on the seismic performance of the specimens were investigated. The failure mode, bearing capacity, ductility, stiffness degradation, and energy dissipation of specimens were analyzed. The results showed that the crack patterns of specimens changed from the horizontal straight shape (bare walls) to “X” shape (reinforced walls), and the corresponding bearing capacity, ductility, stiffness degradation, and energy dissipation of the specimens were improved. With the increase of the vertical compressive stress, the ductility and the secant stiffness of the specimens increased. Moreover, with the decrease of aspect ratio, the bearing capacity and secant stiffness of the masonry walls increased, while the energy dissipation capacity decreased. This paper confirms that fired shale hollow block walls could meet the seismic requirements through appropriate design, which could promote the application of this new type of block in civil engineering.
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spelling doaj-art-45d11d8bca8f4fa18e393c2d281c392e2025-08-20T03:36:11ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942020-01-01202010.1155/2020/39842403984240Seismic Performance of Masonry Walls Built with New Type of Fired Shale Hollow BlocksJian Wu0Liangcheng Zeng1Bo Wang2Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Safety and Durability of Concrete Structures, Xijing University, Xi’an 710123, ChinaShaanxi Key Laboratory of Safety and Durability of Concrete Structures, Xijing University, Xi’an 710123, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, ChinaThis paper presents the cyclic loading test results of a new type of fired shale hollow block masonry walls. Six specimens were designed including two specimens without reinforcements (bare walls) and four specimens constrained by structural columns (reinforced walls). The influences of aspect ratio, vertical compressive stress, and structural column on the seismic performance of the specimens were investigated. The failure mode, bearing capacity, ductility, stiffness degradation, and energy dissipation of specimens were analyzed. The results showed that the crack patterns of specimens changed from the horizontal straight shape (bare walls) to “X” shape (reinforced walls), and the corresponding bearing capacity, ductility, stiffness degradation, and energy dissipation of the specimens were improved. With the increase of the vertical compressive stress, the ductility and the secant stiffness of the specimens increased. Moreover, with the decrease of aspect ratio, the bearing capacity and secant stiffness of the masonry walls increased, while the energy dissipation capacity decreased. This paper confirms that fired shale hollow block walls could meet the seismic requirements through appropriate design, which could promote the application of this new type of block in civil engineering.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3984240
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title Seismic Performance of Masonry Walls Built with New Type of Fired Shale Hollow Blocks
title_full Seismic Performance of Masonry Walls Built with New Type of Fired Shale Hollow Blocks
title_fullStr Seismic Performance of Masonry Walls Built with New Type of Fired Shale Hollow Blocks
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title_short Seismic Performance of Masonry Walls Built with New Type of Fired Shale Hollow Blocks
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