[en] In the scope of the transnational access activities of the European research project SERIES, the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) has provided access to its 3D shaking table to the international construction company Wienerberger AG and to a group of European experts, in order to perform full-scale seismic tests on an industrial solution for buildings using a modern unreinforced thermal insulation clay block masonry structure. Such solution represents a very common construction method in Central Europe but, although some cyclic shear test results are available, its effective dynamic response under seismic events still requires experimental validation. For this purpose, two full-scale mock-ups with different geometries were tested on the 3-D shaking table using a series of seismic records with increasing intensity. The first mock-up is plan-regular, while the second one is designed so as to trigger some torsional effects. This paper summarizes the most relevant experimental results regarding the structural response of the specimens, e.g., the dynamic response evolution, the collapse mechanism identified and the maximum drift values measured. It also focuses on two different easy modelling strategies, i.e. simple model according to a combined Eurocode 6/Eurocode 8 approach and equivalent frame approach. It finally compares the predictions obtained from these two methods with the experimental results.
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
Degée, Hervé ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur A&U > Département Argenco : Secteur A&U
Mordant, Christophe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Analyse sous actions aléatoires en génie civil
Candeias, Paulo; Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Mendes, Luis; Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil.
Campos Costa, Alfredo; Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil.
Coelho, Ema; Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil.
Lu, Sukai; Wienerberger
Jaëger, Andreas; Wienerberger
Language :
English
Title :
Seismic performances of modern unreinforced thermal insulation clay blocks masonry houses
Publication date :
2014
Event name :
9th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014
Event organizer :
U.Porto / FEUP
Event place :
Porto, Portugal
Event date :
du 30 jun au 2 juillet 2014
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014
Editor :
Cunha, A
Caetano, E
Ribeiro, P
Müller, G
ISBN/EAN :
978-972-752-165-4
Pages :
323 -328
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
European Projects :
FP7 - 227887 - SERIES - SEISMIC ENGINEERING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES FOR EUROPEAN SYNERGIES
Funders :
FRIA - Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture UE - Union Européenne CE - Commission Européenne
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