Print Email Facebook Twitter Displacement-based verification of unreinforced masonry walls acting out-of-plane within a structural system Title Displacement-based verification of unreinforced masonry walls acting out-of-plane within a structural system Author Granata, Renato (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Engineering Structures) Contributor Rots, Jan (mentor) Braam, Rene (mentor) Messali, Francesco (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2017-07-05 Abstract The out-of-plane behavior of unreinforced masonry walls subjected to lateral loading is a complex structural problem. This thesis focuses on the stability of URM walls in a building system under seismic loads that are comparable to those found in the Groningen scenario. The investigation is carried out by addressing both the physical and the geometrical nonlinear nature of the rocking mechanism. Subject MasonryOut-of-planeDisplacement-basedGroningenunreinforcedURM To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:19567232-940e-40b3-87c6-fc027d58d7bc Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2017 Renato Granata Files PDF MSc_thesis_Granata_R.pdf 7.8 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:19567232-940e-40b3-87c6-fc027d58d7bc/datastream/OBJ/view