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Earthquake Tip: How Do Brick Masonry Houses Behave During Earthquakes?
Earthquake Tip: How Do Brick Masonry Houses Behave During Earthquakes?
Earthquake Tip: How Do Brick Masonry Houses Behave During Earthquakes?
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Walls Roof
A B
Foundation
B A
Weak Direction Direction of earthquake shaking
(a) For the direction of earthquake shaking shown, wall B tends to fail
B B A
(b) Direction of force on a wall critically determines its earthquake performance Figure 1: Basic components of a masonry building walls are sensitive to direction of earthquake forces.
(b) Wall B properly connected to Wall A (Note: roof is not shown): Walls A (loaded in strong direction) support Walls B (loaded in weak direction) Figure 2: Advantage sharing between walls only possible if walls are well connected. 23
Overturning
Overturning
IS 1905, (1987), Indian Standard Code of Practice for Structural Use of Unreinforced Masonry, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi IS 4326, (1993), Indian Standard Code of Practice for Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction of Buildings, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi IS 13828, (1993), Indian Standard Guidelines for Improving Earthquake Resistance of Low-strength Masonry Buildings, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi Paulay,T., and Priestley,M.J.N., (1992), Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings, John Wiley & Sons, USA
Authored by: C.V.R.Murty Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur, India Sponsored by: Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council, New Delhi, India
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Figure 3: Slender walls are vulnerable height and length to be kept within limits. Note: In this figure, the effect of roof on walls is not shown. 24