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Original Articles

Effect of the Panel Width Support and Columns Axial Load on the Infill Masonry Walls Out-Of-Plane Behavior

Received 23 Nov 2016
Accepted 26 Dec 2017
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
 
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The aim of this research is to contribute to increase the understanding regarding the infill panels’ OOP behavior and evaluate the influence of different variables in the panel’ performance, such as: gravity load and panel support condition. For these experimental tests were carried composed by two full-scale infill panels subjected to uniform OOP pressure applied by airbags, subjected to gravity load applied in the top of the frame ‘columns and the other one was built partially supported in the bottom beam. The second goal of this work was to perform a comparative study between these two specimens with other three tests already tested.

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Funding

This experimental research was developed under financial support provided by “FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia”, Portugal, namely through the research project P0CI-01-0145-FEDER-016898 – ASPASSI Safety Evaluation and Retrofitting of Infill masonry enclosure Walls for Seismic demands..

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the technicians of the Laboratory of Earthquake and Structural Engineering (LESE), Mr Valdemar Luis, Mr Guilherme Nogueira and Mr Nuno Pinto for their support in the experimental activity reported in this paper, and Preceram for the provision of all the bricks used in the experimental tests. The authors also acknowledge the constructive comments and suggestions given by the anonymous reviewers which improved the quality of the manuscript.

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