OUT-OF-PLANE SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNREINFORCED CLAY-BRICK MASONRY

Abstract

Out-of-plane wall failures most commonly occur due to inadequate anchorage of the wall to the floor diaphragms. In such cases, the wall behaves as a cantilever and collapses if the inertia forces on the wall push it beyond the point of instability. Given sufficient anchorage to the diaphragms, out-of-plane walls will respond as vertical “beams ” in bending as the inertia forces on the walls are distributed to the attache