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Masonry Box Behavior

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Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering

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Box action; Building global behavior; Diaphragm effect; Structural connectivity

Introduction

This entry deals with the box behavior of masonry structures, which is a major hypothesis for the application of seismic assessment procedures based on the in-plane response of the walls, when using performance-based approaches for seismic safety. A general description is also made of the unreinforced and confined masonry building typologies, regarding the constructive technique, industrial development, and applicability. Methods and procedures are presented for the seismic assessment and safety verification of masonry buildings, which are applied to the case of a dwelling.

Masonry has been continually used for building, employing very different materials and bond patterns, but the main distinction between masonry constructions probably is the presence or absence of rigid floor diaphragms well connected to the walls. According to this aspect, masonry constructions can be divided in two...

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  1. Engineering Department, Civil Engineering Section, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel, Lima, 32, Peru

    Rui Marques

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Marques, R. (2015). Masonry Box Behavior. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_155

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