Print Email Facebook Twitter Crack initiation and propagation in unreinforced masonry specimens subjected to repeated in-plane loading during light damage Title Crack initiation and propagation in unreinforced masonry specimens subjected to repeated in-plane loading during light damage Author Korswagen, Paul A. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics) Longo, M. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics) Meulman, E. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics) Rots, J.G. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics; TU Delft Structural Design & Mechanics) Date 2019 Abstract In recent years, gas extraction in the northern part of the Netherlands has been causing low-magnitude, induced, shallow earthquakes. Besides safety, the prediction and evaluation of ‘light’ damage due to these induced ground motions is important, as it is related to economic and serviceability losses, and societal unrest. An experimental and numerical campaign is ongoing at Delft University of Technology, aiming to improve the knowledge of the underlying physics of crack initiation and propagation in unreinforced masonry (URM) structures typical in the Netherlands. A damage scale and damage parameter are defined herein in order to objectively quantify cracking damage as a function of the number, length, and width of cracks in masonry walls. The cracking mechanisms are studied for URM walls and spandrels subjected to in-plane loading. Displacements, strains, and loads under which cracking starts and propagates are evaluated and correlations are sought. The Digital Image Correlation measuring system is used to accurately detect crack formation and the evolution of the cracking pattern. This is also utilised to validate and calibrate non-linear finite element models. From the experiments, drift values are obtained for the light damage state of the masonry walls. A range between 0.3‰ and 1.1‰ is set as belonging to light damage. Moreover, a damage accumulation or material degradation was observed during cyclic testing. Additionally, fracture-mechanics based, micro and macro finite element models are capable of reproducing the repetitive behaviour of the tests. Subject Crack analysisDamage scaleDigital Image CorrelationEarthquake damageMaterial degradationUnreinforced masonry structures To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a94bad4e-0a60-4519-b988-41a33ec85971 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-018-00553-5 Embargo date 2020-01-02 ISSN 1570-761X Source Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 17 (8), 4651-4687 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 Paul A. Korswagen, M. Longo, E. Meulman, J.G. Rots Files PDF KorswagenLR_Crack_AuthorsCopy.pdf 16.86 MB PDF Korswagen2019_Article_Cra ... ationI.pdf 4.81 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a94bad4e-0a60-4519-b988-41a33ec85971/datastream/OBJ1/view