Experimental Study on Seismic Strengthening of Confined Masonry Walls Using RPC
Table 6
Mechanical characteristics.
Specimen
Cracking load
Cracking displacement dcr (mm)
Peak load
Displacement at failure du (mm)
μ = du/dcr
PEu (kN)
Pcr (kN)
Increment (%)
Pu (kN)
Increment (%)
Pu area (%)
Increment (%)
CTRL-1.5
162
—
2.8
184
—
442
—
15
5.4
172
SW-1.5
177
9.0
1.6
533
189.2
1094
147
26
16.3
—
RW-1.5
207
27.7
2
334
81.2
686
55
26
13.0
—
CTRL-2
152
—
1.6
218
—
406
—
13
8.1
197
SW-2
339
122.5
2.4
707
224.7
1170
188
28
11.7
—
RW-2
258
69.0
1.9
415
90.6
686
69
20
10.5
—
Note. The ultimate displacement is the failure displacement, the area is the gross section area of the specimens, and PEu is the expected ultimate load calculated according to the literature [36].
