Experimental study of the Integral Masonry System in the construction of earthquake resistant houses

Autor: B. Orta, R. Bustamante, J. M. Adell
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Materiales de Construccion, Vol 62, Iss 305, Pp 67-77 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0465-2746
1988-3226
DOI: 10.3989/mc.2012.63810
Popis: This paper presents the application of the Integral Masonry System (IMS) to the construction of earthquake resistant houses and its experimental study. To verify the security of this new type of building in seismic areas of the third world two prototypes have been tested, one with adobe and the other with hollow brick. In both cases it’s a two-story 6x6x6 m3 house built to scale 1/2. The tests are carried out at the Laboratory of Antiseismic Structures of the Department of Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, in collaboration with the UPM (Technical University of Madrid). This article shows the design process of the prototypes to test, including the sizing of the reinforcements, the characteristics of the tests and the results obtained. These results show that the IMS with adobe or brick remains stable with no significant cracks faced with a severe earthquake, with an estimated acceleration of 1.8 g.
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