Behavior of Floor-to-Wall and Wall-to-Wall Intersections

在美国和世界范围内，砖石建筑占建筑建筑的很大一部分。由于配筋砌体结构具有明显的经济性、防火安全性、建筑灵活性和施工简便性等特点，在中高地震区的使用日益增多。目前的砌体结构分析和设计以及材料和施工技术无法准确预测建筑物在横向荷载(如地震荷载)下的行为。本研究项目将研究结构构件的地板到墙和墙到墙的交叉点的行为。这项研究将在这项分析性研究工作中利用现有数据。这将为平面交叉口响应的单调和滞回行为提供结论，并建立可行的交叉口行为的解析和数值模型。

Masonry construction comprises a large portion of building construction in the U.S. and the world. Reinforced masonry construction use is increasing in moderate to higher seismic zones because of its apparent features of economy, fire safety, architectural flexibility, and ease of construction. The present state of masonry structural analysis and design and materials and construction technologies do not enable an accurate prediction of building behavior under lateral loads such as seismic loads. This research project will examine the behavior of floor-to-wall and wall-to-wall intersections of structure components. The research will utilize existing data in this analytical research effort. This will provide conclusions relative to monotonic and hysteretic behavior of planar intersection response and formulation of a viable analytical and numerical model of intersection behavior.