- Title
- Out-of-Plane Load and Displacement Capacities of SIM Infill Panel with Mechanical Interlocking of Bricks: Experimental Investigation
- Creator
- Zarrin, Orod; Totoev, Yuri Z.; Masia, Mark J.
- Relation
- 13th North American Masonry Conference. Proceedings of the Thirteenth North American Masonry Conference (Salt Lake City, Utah 16-19 June, 2019) p. 950-961
- Relation
- https://www.proceedings.com/49826.html
- Publisher
- The Masonry Society
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- The Semi Interlocking Masonry (SIM) system has been developed in the Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability at The University of Newcastle, Australia. The main purpose of this system is to enhance the seismic resistance of framed structures with masonry panels. In this system, SIM panels dissipate energy during earthquake excitation through the friction on sliding joints between courses of brick units. A number of tests have been carried out to evaluate the in-plane load capacity of different framed masonry panels. However, there was only two out-of-plane tests performed on SIM panels (both made of topologically interlocking SIM bricks). The main objective of this study is to investigate experimentally the out-of-plane capacity of a SIM panel with mechanical bricks that was already damaged in previous in-plane tests. This paper presents the results of a full-scale test on a SIM panel made of bricks with mechanical interlocking. The panel was 1980x2025 mm (length x height) respectively and 110 mm thick with full contact to the frame. A lateral load was applied by a hydraulic jack over the small area in the center of the panel. The load and displaced shape of the panel were recorded at regular increments during testing. The results show that this type of SIM panel has significant out-of-plane load and displacement capacity.
- Subject
- semi-interlocking masonry system (SIM); interlocking masonry; out-of-plane capacity; masonry infill; sliding joints
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1453016
- Identifier
- uon:44572
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781510890190
- Identifier
- ISSN:1053-2366
- Language
- eng
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