Behaviour of retrofitted masonry shear walls subjected to cycling loading [Elektronische Ressource] / von Abdelkhalek Saber Omar Mohamed

Behaviour of Retrofitted Masonry Shear Walls Subjected to Cyclic Loading Zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines DOKTOR-INGENIEURS von der Fakultät für Bauingenieur-, Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften der Universität Fridericiana zu Karlsruhe (TH) genehmigte DISSERTATION von M.Sc.Ing. Abdelkhalek Saber Omar Mohamed Aus Ägypten Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 26. Novemer 2004 Hauptreferent: Prof. Dr. -Ing. L. Stempniewski Korreferent: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Pfeifer Karlsruhe 2004 -i- Abstract The recent earthquake in different countries of the world, such as those in Iran (2003), Algeria (2003), India (2001), Turkey (1999) and Vrancea (1997) have shown, particularly masonry walls were damaged. Thus, masonry walls are the most vulnerable elements of buildings when subjected to earthquake loading. Therefore, it is necessary to find practical solutions by study the behaviour of these walls, first without and then with retrofitting under monotonic and/or cyclic seismic loading. For this study, an experimental program has been conducted using the pseudo-dynamic experimental set-up that was designed at the Institute of Reinforced Concrete Structures, at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Its purpose was to analyse the behaviour of masonry walls first without and then with retrofitting.