Simulation of Reinforced Masonry Walls Under Simulated      Seismic Excitations
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Masonry construction comprises a large portion of building                      construction in the U.S. and the world.  Reinforced masonry                     construction use is increasing in moderate to higher seismic zones              because of its apparent features of economy, fire safety,                       architectural flexibility and ease of construction.  The present state          of masonry structural analysis and design, and materials and                    construction technologies does not enable an accurate prediction of             building behavior under lateral loads such as seismic loads.  In the            U.S., masonry buildings are designed and built with methods, codes and          standards that rely upon a mixture of working stress methods,                   empirical rules, and questionable methods for determining allowable             stress values.  Masonry is also a complex building material because of          the large number of design and construction variables which influence           the final product configuration and its response under seismic loads.           In order to describe the seismic response of masonry buildings it is            necessary to develop the fundamental knowledge base to determine basic          design methodologies consistent with safety and economic requirements.                                                                                          This research project will construct an advanced analytical model for           reinforced masonry and associated numerical algorithms to simulate the          monotonic and hysteretic planar response of 1-, 2-, and 3-story shear           walls.  The model is nonphenomenological in the                                 sense that the global response can be synthesized from the                      constitutive relations of the masonry, steel and steel-concrete                 interfaces together with the steel geometry.  The research                      provides direct support to other masonry researchers where the                  results will be used to plan experiments, interpret experimental                data, and extend the experimental data base.  This project is                   part of the U.S.-Japan Coordinated Program for Masonry Building                 Research and the Technical Coordinating Committee for Masonry                   Research (TCCMAR) Program.
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