This paper aims to assess and improve the seismic performance of an existing masonry building with flexible floors, representative of a Portuguese building typology—‘gaioleiro’ buildings. The study involved seismic tests and dynamic identification tests of two models (nonstrengthened and strengthened) in the shaking table. Each model was subjected to several seismic tests with increasing amplitude. . Before the fir...
Este artigo apresenta os ensaios realizados na plataforma sísmica do Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil sobre o desempenho sísmico de edifícios antigos de alvenaria. O programa experimental envolveu a definição de um protótipo representativo das características correntes dos edifícios gaioleiros, que posteriormente foi utilizado para a construção dos modelos experimentais. Devido às dimensões e limite de ...
A influência das paredes de alvenaria de enchimento nas estruturas porticadas de betão armado pode ser visto como algo já estudado exaustivamente, mas as atividade sísmicas recentes, como em 2009 em Itália, mais concretamente em Aquila, demonstraram que as soluções adotadas pelos projetistas ainda são ineficientes. Paredes de alvenaria de enchimento em edifícios construídos nas últimas duas décadas, com base em...
A análise dos resultados dos sismos recentes relativamente a edifícios de betão armado com paredes de enchimento em alvenaria é preocupante. As imagens de expulsões para fora do plano e dano excessivo no plano são recorrentes e são também testemunhos de práticas erradas, soluções inadequadas e / ou projeto deficiente. A normativa europeia, a aplicar num futuro muito próximo, responsabiliza o projetista de estru...
This paper presents a review of the methods for seismic vulnerability assessment, together with an experimental method based on shaking table testing. This method is applied to a Portuguese masonry building typology with stone walls and timber floors, subjected to increasing earthquake damage. Traditional-like materials and techniques are used in the building. The vulnerability curves are presented and the dama...
Em engenharia sísmica é usual recorrer-se a modelos experimentais para avaliar o desempenho sísmico das estruturas. No entanto, os modelos construídos em laboratório experimentam diferentes estágios até à realização dos ensaios sísmicos. O estudo apresentado nesta comunicação tem por objectivo avaliar a variação das propriedades dinâmicas de um modelo de alvenaria, desde os estágios após construção até ao ensai...
This paper presents the main results of experimental tests concerning the reduction of the seismic vulnerability of stone masonry buildings with flexible floors. The tests were performed in the LNEC 3D shaking table by imposing artificial accelerograms in two horizontal uncorrelated orthogonal directions, triggering in-plane and out-of-plane response of two tested mock-ups; one in original condition and another...
This paper describes the dynamical behavior of free standing block structures under seismic loading. A comprehensive experimental investigation has been carried out to study the rocking response of four single blocks of different geometry and associations of two and three blocks. The blocks, which are large stones of high strength blue granite, were subjected to free vibration, and harmonic and random motions o...
The paper aims at exploring damage assessment in masonry structures at an early stage by vibration measurements. For this purpose, one approach is proposed combining global and local ND methods. To further evaluate the approach, one masonry tower in Portugal was studied together with one wall model in the laboratory. The model was built as reference, undamaged, state. Afterwards, progressive damage was induced...
The present paper aims at damage assessment of masonry structures in an early stage. Two replicates of historical constructions were built in virgin state, one arch with 1.5 m span and one shear wall of 1 m2. Afterwards, progressive damage was applied and sequential mo-dal identification analysis was performed in each damage stage, aiming at finding adequate relations between changes in dynamical behaviour and ...
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