Seismic Capacity Assessment of Confined Brick Masonry Building: An Experimental Approach

Table 1

Material properties.

Symbol	Description	Value
-	Water absorption of bricks (%)	24.37
	Masonry unit compressive strength (MPa)	14.40
	Modulus of rupture (MPa)	3.38
	Compressive strength of mortar (MPa)	5.63
	Compressive strength of masonry (MPa)	3.51
	Elastic modulus of masonry (MPa)	1227.0
	Diagonal tensile strength of masonry (MPa)	0.046
	Cohesion	2.73