Shaking Table Test of a New Type Insulation Decorative Block Wall under Out-of-Plane Loading

Table 5

Test observations and failure pattern.

Specimen	Test phenomenon	Remarks/observations
AB0		(i) The crack appeared firstly at the bottom of the IDB wall when the PGA was 0.3 g.
		(ii) Cracks appeared in the top corner of the IDB wall when the PGA was 0.4 g.
		(iii) At the end of the experiment, the length and width of the crack in the top corner of the specimen were 1150 mm and 3.0 mm, respectively. The crack at the bottom of the IDB wall, with a width of 2.5 mm, was basically a through crack.
AB2		(i) Cracks appeared firstly in the top corner of the specimen and at the bottom of the IDB wall when PGA was 0.4 g.
		(ii) After the loading process, the length and width of the crack in the top corner of the specimen were 1000 mm and 2.5 mm, respectively, and the crack at the bottom of the IDB wall, with a width of 2.0 mm, was basically a through crack.
AB4-1		(i) Cracks appeared firstly in the top corner of the specimen and at the bottom of the IDB wall when PGA was 0.5 g.
		(ii) After the loading process, the length and width of the crack in the top corner of the specimen were 670 mm and 1.0 mm, respectively, and the crack at the bottom of the IDB wall, with a width of 1.5 mm, was basically a through crack.
AB4-2		(i) Cracks appeared firstly in the lower part and top corner of the IDB wall when PGA was 0.5 g.
		(ii) After the loading process, the length and width of the crack in the top corner of the specimen were 850 mm and 2.0 mm, respectively, and the crack at the bottom of the IDB wall, with a width of 1.8 mm, was basically a through crack.