Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6
ABSTRACT
Shear strength is an important material property for masonry structures, especially for seismic design and performance analysis of structures in earthquakes. Because of its importance, there have been a large number of projects and studies involving shear behaviour of masonry structures and structural members including static and dynamic tests, numerical analyses, case studies and concept discussions. This paper makes a contribution to that body of knowledge.
Based on the analysis of a series of test results on clay brick masonry shear walls, the paper provides a discussion of theories and presents equations for the calculation of shear resistance of both unreinforced and horizontally reinforced clay brick masonry walls.
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