1 Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. xmzhai@hit.edu.cn
2 Graduate, School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. 270492474@qq.com
3 Graduate, School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. 873925422@qq.com
ABSTRACT
Sixteen reinforced grouted concrete block masonry walls with varying eccentricity have been tested under eccentric compression. The load-bearing capacity, the load-deformation relationship, the failure process, and the complete load-strain process of the longitudinal reinforcement have been obtained. The nonlinear Finite Element Analysis software ANSYS is used to investigate the mechanical behaviour of reinforced grouted concrete block masonry walls under eccentric compression. The load-bearing capacity resulting from tests have been compared to the values recommended in the Chinese Code for Design of Masonry Structures GB 50003 [1]. It was shown that the plane-section assumption is valid and that the recommended method of the bearing capacity from GB 50003 is conservative.
KEYWORDS: block masonry, out-of-plane, reinforced, eccentric compression, bearing capacity
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