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Comparison of Safety Levels of Reinforced Masonry and Concrete Walls Using Reliability Analysis
DownloadFall 2023
The strength reduction factors in the Canadian masonry design standard were last calibrated in the 1980s. The factors were last updated (2004) based on reliability studies performed on reinforced-concrete structures, but no masonry-specific reliability analyses were conducted to support this...
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Fall 2017
Although significant progress in the modelling of the nonlinear response of reinforced - concrete (RC) structures at the element level has been achieved in the past decades, reliable and accurate analysis models at the system level for RC structures are scarce. Due to the complexity of elements...
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Statistical Prediction Methods for the In-Plane Shear Strength of Partially Grouted Masonry Walls
DownloadSpring 2021
The behaviour of partially grouted masonry shear walls is complex due to their anisotropic nature and the nonlinear interactions between blocks, mortar, grouted cells, ungrouted cells and steel reinforcement. Currently available code- and research-based shear strength equations give highly...