Abstract From a review of literature, it is found that while few methods are proposed by various researchers for estimation of lateral stiffness of brick masonry walls with openings, these methods are suitable for strong spandrel-weak pier condition. For weak spandrel-strong pier condition, these methods over estimate the stiffness. An improved method for estimation of stiffness of brick masonry shear walls with opening is presented in this paper. For the weak spandrel-strong pier condition, they overestimate the stiffness of the wall. The proposed method is applicable to both strong spandrel-weak pier and weak spandrel-strong pier conditions. It has been observed that the results of the proposed method are generally in good agreement with the results of finite element analysis and experimental results and are better than the other methods available in literature.
An improved method for estimation of elastic lateral stiffness of brick masonry shear walls with openings
KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering ; 15 , 2 ; 281-293
2011-01-28
13 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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