Shake-Table Tests of Confined-Masonry Rocking Walls with Supplementary Hysteretic Damping Academic Article

abstract

• A shake-table investigation is conducted on a 40% scale model frame-wall system to validate the concept of rocking walls as primary seismic systems. The rocking wall concept was implemented on confined masonry walls, but the findings can be extended to any rocking wall system. As the inherent damping of this system is low, a pair of supplemental steel hysteretic energy dissipating dampers is used at the base of the wall. It is concluded that with careful detailing, damage is not only eliminated but the structure re-centers itself following a large earthquake. 2009 A.S. Elnashai & N.N. Ambraseys.

authors

• Mander, John

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

author list (cited authors)

• Toranzo, L. A., Restrepo, J. I., Mander, J. B., & Carr, A. J.

citation count

• 68

complete list of authors

• Toranzo, LA||Restrepo, JI||Mander, JB||Carr, AJ

publication date

• January 2009

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Earthquake Engineering  Journal

keywords

• Confined Masonry
• Performance Based Design
• Rocking
• Rocking Wall
• Shake Table Test

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/13632460802715040

start page

• 882

end page

• 898

volume

• 13

issue

• 6

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1080%2F13632460802715040