This document discusses the seismic assessment of masonry structures through rigid-body mechanism analysis and nonlinear static analysis. It presents an example assessment of the out-of-plane failure of a gable wall. Key steps include:
1. Determining forces on the wall and calculating the effective mass and effective static acceleration threshold.
2. Performing a "linear" static safety check against the acceleration threshold.
3. Modeling the wall's nonlinear static 留-x1 relationship and evaluating the effective displacement demand, which is shown to be less than the wall's capacity.
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Lesson14 Exmpl
1. Seismic design and assessment of
Seismic design and assessment of
Masonry Structures
Masonry Structures
Lesson 14, continued
October 2004
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 1
Example of assessment with rigid-body mechanism analysis
Out-of-plane failure of gable walls
1.5 m
6.0 m
9.0 m
6.0 m
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 2
2. 1.50 cm
o
1.5 m
6.0 m
6.00 m
0.40 m
9.0 m
6.0 m
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 3
P
1.50 cm
留P' x1
o
1.50 m
x0
留W
6.00 m
0.40 m
W
.50 m
y0 O
.40 m
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 4
3. P
weight/m2 of roof (including truss structures):
留P' x1
1.4 kN/ m2
weight of masonry: 20 kN/m3
assume each gable wall carries 1/3 of vertical
weight carried by top ridge beam, P = 26 kN
P=1/2 of weight = 1.5 P = 39 kN
1.50 m
x0 centre of mass of gable wall: 1/3 of height
留W
W assume P applied at centreline of wall
.50 m
Direct moment equilibrium at incipient rocking:
y0 O 留 0 (1.5 P'+0.5 W ) 0.2 P 0.2 W = 0
0.2 P + 0.2 W
.40 m 留0 = = 0.162
1.5 P'+0.5 W
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 5
P or, through application of PVW:
留P' x1
留 0 P ' x1 + 留 0W x 0 P y 0 W y 0 = 0
x 0 = 慮 0.5; x1 = 慮 1.5; y 0 = 慮 0.2
留 0 P'1.5慮 + 留 0W 0.5慮 P 0.2慮 W 0.2慮 = 0
1.50 m
0.2 P + 0.2 W
留W
x0 留0 = = 0.162
1.5 P'+0.5 W
W
Evaluation of effective mass M*:
.50 m
慮
use x1 as control displacement, x0 = x1 /3
2
n +m
Pi隆 x,i
y0 O
M * = i =n1+ m = (P'1 + W 0.333)2 = 6.162
.40 m g Pi隆 x,i
2 (
9.81 P'12 + W 0.3332 )
i =1
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 6
4. P effective mass ratio e* :
留P' x1
n+m
9.81 6.162
e* = gM * / Pi = = 0.806
i =1 W + P'
Evaluation of effective static acceleration threshold a0*:
n+ m
留 0 Pi
1.50 m
留W
x0 留0 g 0.162 9.81
a0 =
* i =1
*
= *
= = 1.972 m/s 2
W
M e 0.806
.50 m
慮
Linear static safety check (ultimate limit state):
y0 O a gS Z
a*
0 1 + 1.5 with q = 2.0
q H
.40 m
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 7
1.50 cm
Linear static safety check (ultimate limit state):
o a gS Z
a*
0 1 + 1.5 with q = 2.0
q H
Z where Z= 7.02 m is height of
= 0.78
H centroid of weights P and W with
6.00 m
0.40 m
respect to ground and Z = 7.5 m
ag S
a0
*
(1 + 1.5 0.936) = 1.202ag S
2.0
mechanism is verified if agS a0*/1.202 = 1.641 m/s2
= 0.167g
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 8
5. P Noninear static safety check (ultimate limit state)
留P' x1
Evaluate static 留-x1 (留-dk ) relationship for
finite displacement. All forces are proportional
to weigths, therefore 留-dk relationship is
linear:
留 = 留 0 (1 d k / d k ,0 )
1.50 m
x0
留W
Evaluate displacement dk,0 at zero horizontal
W
force (i.e. zero restoring moment):
.50 m
慮
W (0.2 x 0 ) P (0.2 x1 ) = 0
y0 O W (0.2 x1 / 3) P (0.2 x1 ) = 0
W 0.2 + P 0.2
.40 m x1, 0 = d k , 0 = = 0.326 m
W /3+ P
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 9
P
留P' x1
Evaluate effective displacement of equivalent
sdof system:
n+m
Pi 隆 x,i P '1 + W 0.333
i =1
d = dk
*
n+m
= dk = 0.68 d k
1 ( P'+W )
隆 x,k Pi
1.50 m
x0 i =1
留W
W d * = 0.68 d k,0 = 0.222 m
.50 m
0
慮
d * = 0.4 d * = 0.089 m
u 0
y0 O
d * = 0.4 d * = 0.035 m
s u
.40 m
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 10
6. d * = 0.68 d k,0 = 0.222 m
0
a* d * = 0.4 d * = 0.089 m
u 0
d s* d * = 0.4 d * = 0.035 m
a0 * Ts* = 2 *
s u
as
a s* Ts* = 0.92 sec
(2/T s*)2
ds*=0.4du* du*=0.4d0* d0* d*
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 11
Assume fundamental period of building had been determined previously as
T1=0.2 sec
Then Ts*=0.92 >1.5 T1=0.3 sec
therefore, assuming, e.g. agS = 0.2g = 1.962 m/s2 , the effective displacement
demand is:
T1Ts* Z
(Ts* ) = a g S 1.5 2
1.9 + 2.4 = 0.071 m < 0.089 m = d *
4
u
H
Masonry Structures, lesson 14 part 2 slide 12