Unreinforced masonry hollow clay bricks#

General description#

GEM taxonomy: MUR+CLBRH/LWAL+DNO/H1:5 Description: Fired perforated clay bricks with one or more holes (cavities) through the thickness of the brick with the area of cavities in excess of 25% of the volume. The holes can be seen from above after the brick has been laid. Masonry walls built with this material are usually mortared.

World Housing Encyclopedia reports: https://db.world-housing.net/building/112/

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Capacity parameters#

Building class

Yield drift [%]

Ultimate drift [%]

Ty [s]=f(Height [m])

Yield period [s]

MUR+CLBRH/LWAL+DNO/H1

0.13

0.75

0.062*H^0.87

0.1518515316428924

MUR+CLBRH/LWAL+DNO/H2

0.13

0.75

0.062*H^0.87

0.27753341076156013

MUR+CLBRH/LWAL+DNO/H3

0.13

0.75

0.062*H^0.87

0.3949250377859494

MUR+CLBRH/LWAL+DNO/H4

0.13

0.75

0.062*H^0.87

0.5072375184866967

MUR+CLBRH/LWAL+DNO/H5

0.13

0.75

0.062*H^0.87

0.6159182611620998

Capacity plots#

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References#

A list of references and respective capacity parameters consulted during the definition of GEM’s capacity curves is presented below.

Reference

URL

Yield drift [%]

Ult drift [%]

Ty=f(H) [s]

Snoj and Dolsek 2017

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.05.001

0.11

0.7

-

Beyer et al 2022

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15104-0_24

-

0.2-1.0

-

Borzi et al 2008

https://doi.org/10.1080/15583050701828178

0.13

0.45

0.062*H^0.87

Nejati 2005

https://d-nb.info/982409516/34

0.023

0.195

-

Parisi and Augenti 2012

https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings2030218

-

0.013

-

Trutalli et al 2021

https://doi.org/10.1680/jstbu.19.00115

0.07

0.58

-

Lang et al 2018

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2017.11.022

0.29

0.95-1.09

-

Barbat et al 2006

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8667.2006.00450.x

0.03-0.04

0.11-0.17

-