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PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF MASONRY BRICK WALLS SUBJECT TO VERTICAL AND DIAGONAL LOADING

JALAL MUSHINA University of Al-Shatrah, College of Engineering, iq (J.M.), Iraq.
WISSAM MUSHINA Southern Technical University, Technical Institute of Shatrah, edu.iq (W.M), Iraq.

Abstract

Masonry Bricks are the basic elements of different construction and brick behavior effects on the construction walls behavior. This research is focusing on the behavior of types of bricks such as hollow, engineering brick, fire, and sandlime bricks under uniform load. Engineering bricks are kind of brick intended to be strong, absorb little water, and withstand extreme weather conditions. The research modelling is performed using ANSYS software V18.5. the parameters of research are different bricks types. Results are ultimate load, drift ratio, ultimate drift ratio, compressive joint strength, and compressive masonry strength. Results shows that fire and hollow bricks has good performance in resisting vertical and diagonal loading. In addition, sand lime has bad performance in resisting vertical and diagonal loading.

Keywords

Bricks; Walls, Displacement; ANSYS, Stresses, Vertical Loading, Diagonal Loading.,