- Author
- Yokel, F. Y. | Fattal, S. G.
- Title
- Failure Hypothesis for Masonry Shearwalls. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 75-703, May 1975,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- brick structures; walls; loads (forces); failure; shear strength; shear tests; stress concentration | shear strength
- Identifiers
- shear walls
- Abstract
- Various failure hypotheses for wall panels subjected simultaneously to diagonal compressive load and to vertical compressive edgeload are compared with the results of thirty-two tests on four types of brick masonry walls which were published elsewhere. It is concluded that failure can occur by joint separation or by splitting. A failure hypothesis is advanced which is shown to be in good agreement with the test results examined.