Physical Testing


Research papers, reports, on testing done for confined masonry.

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Effect of Vertical and Horizontal Wall Reinforcement on Seismic Behavior of Confined Masonry Walls K. Yoshimura, K. Kikuchi, T. Okamoto, T. Sanchez 11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 191, 1996

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Design of Confined Masonry Walls Under Lateral Loading J. Bariola, Carlos Delgado 11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 204, 1996

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Nonlinear Characteristics Of Confined Masonry Wall With Lateral Reinforcement In Mortar Joints Fumitoshi Kumazawa, Masaaki Ohkubo 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 0743, 2000

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Effect Of Wall Reinforcements, Applied Lateral Forces And Vertical Axial Loads On Seismic Behavior Of Confined Concrete Masonry Walls Koji Yoshimura, Kenji Kikuchi, Masayuki Kuroki, Lizhen Liu And Lin Ma 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 0984, 2000

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Behavior of Confined Masonry Shear Walls with Large Openings Fernando Yáñez, Maximiliano Astroza, Augusto Holmberg, Oscar Ogaz 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 3438, 2004

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Response Assessment of Mexican Confined Masonry Structures Through Shaking Table Tests Sergio M. Alcocer, Juan Guillermo Arias, Alejandro Vázquez 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 2130, 2004

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Seismic Behavior of Confined Masonry Walls with Intermediate Confining-Columns A. Marinilli, E. Castilla 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 607, 2006

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Experimental Behavior of Masonry Structural Walls Used in Argentina Francisco Zabala, José Luis Bustos, Alberto Masanet, Jorge Santalucía 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 1093, 2004

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Experimental Evaluation of Confined Masonry Walls with Several Confining-Columns Angelo Marinilli and Enrique Castilla 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 2129, 2004

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Experimental Study on Effects of Height of Lateral Forces, Column Reinforcement and Wall Reinforcements on Seismic Behavior of Confined Masonry Walls Koji Yoshimura, Kikuchi Kikuchi, Masayuki Kuroki, Hideko Nonaka, Kyong Tae Kim, Reezang Wangdi, Ayasa Oshikata 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 1870, 2004

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Experimental Study on Reinforcing Methods for Confined Masonry Walls Subjected to Seismic Forces K. Yoshimura, K. Kikuchi, M. Kurok, H. Nonaka, K.T. Kim, Y. Matsumoto, T. Ita, W. Reezang, L. Ma Ninth North American Masonry Conference, 2003

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Experimental Study for Developing Higher Seismic Performance of Brick Masonry Walls “Koji Yoshimura, Kikuchi Kikuchi, Masayuki Kuroki, Hideko Nonaka, Kyong Tae Kim, Reezang Wangdi and Ayasa Oshikata” 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 1597, 2004

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Full Scale on Line Test on Two Story Masonry Building Using Handmade Bricks Carlos Zavala, Claudia Honma, Patricia Gibu, Jorge Gallardo, Guillermo Huaco 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 2885, 2004

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Shaking Table Tests on Seismic Performance of Masonry Walls Masanori Iiba, Hatsukazu Mizuno, Tetsuro Goto, Hiroto Kato 11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 659, 1996

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Structural Behavior Factor for Masonry Structures Miha Tomazevic, Vlatko Bosiljkov, Polona Weiss 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 2642, 2004

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Verification of Seismic Resistance of Confined Masonry Buildings Miha Tomazevic, Iztok Klemenc Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Vol. 26, 1997

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