Shear Strength Capacity of Unreinforced Masonry Walls, Assuming Failure in Diagonal Cracking. Part 2: T Shaped Sections

  1. POPESCU (1), G. POPESCU (2)

(1) Research & Design Diplomat Eng. Ist Degree, Checking Eng. in Structural Design

(2) Research & Design Diplomat Eng. Ist Degree, Technical Expert, Checking Eng. in Structural Design

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ABSTRACT

In this paper the authors present a calculation method for shear strength capacities of T shaped sections of unreinforced masonry walls by considering diagonal cracking due to principal tensile stresses as the main failure criterion. This paper extends the topic presented for rectangular sections in a previous paper published in the Journal of the IMS, Masonry International Vol 27. No 2. 2014, and referred to as reference [1].

 

KEYWORDS: masonry, shear strength, earthquake.