Unreinforced masonry rubble stone#

General description#

Rubble stone GEM taxonomy: MUR+STRUB/LWAL+DNO/H1:5

Rubble stone masonry is composed of uncoursed rounded field stones or roughly-cut stones used for construction with or without mortar. There are two wall panels and a core, usually filled with stone rubble and mud.

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Capacity parameters#

Building class

Yield drift [%]

Ultimate drift [%]

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

Yield period [s]

MUR+STRUB/LWAL+DNO/H1

0.13

0.7000000000000001

0.08*H^0.75

0.17316435935544378

MUR+STRUB/LWAL+DNO/H2

0.13

0.7000000000000001

0.08*H^0.75

0.2912265780633974

MUR+STRUB/LWAL+DNO/H3

0.13

0.7000000000000001

0.08*H^0.75

0.39472937916378714

MUR+STRUB/LWAL+DNO/H4

0.13

0.7000000000000001

0.08*H^0.75

0.4897827710402339

MUR+STRUB/LWAL+DNO/H5

0.13

0.7000000000000001

0.08*H^0.75

0.579009932432031

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]

Villar-Vega et al 2017

https://doi.org/10.1193/010716EQS005M

0.15

0.65

0.082*H^0.75

Borzi et al 2008

https://doi.org/10.1080/15583050701828178

0.13

0.61

-

Lang et al 2018

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

0.12-0.24

0.4-0.86

-

Barbat et al 2006

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

0.03-0.04

0.11-0.17

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