Journal
BULLETIN OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 385-410Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-016-9967-7
Keywords
Horizontal restraints; Rocking; Flexible roof; Smeared restraint; Masonry facade
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The paper deals with the behavior of restrained rocking blocks under seismic actions. Structural or non-structural masonry or r.c. elements, such as building facades or pre-cast panels subjected to out-of-plane modes, may be assimilated to rocking blocks restrained by horizontal springs. Horizontal restraints can represent flexible floors or steel anchorages or any anti-seismic device designed to impede overturning probability. Their effect could improve, in most cases, the dynamic response of blocks in terms of reduction of rotation amplitude. Nevertheless, this effectiveness could vanish or, surprisingly, affect the response in negative way, resulting in overturning when low values of stiffness or one-sided motion in particular conditions are assumed. Two cases of horizontal restraints are analyzed: (1) concentrated restraint as single spring and (2) smeared restraint as spring bed with constant or linearly variable stiffness. The single stabilizing or destabilizing terms of the formulation are here analyzed and commented, providing practical evaluations to obtain enhancement of response in static and dynamic perspective. A numerical example of a masonry facade with non-linear boundary conditions has been provided highlighting how the choice of stiffness values affects the oscillatory motion and rebound effects. Finally, unit stiffness for masonry/concrete walls and retrofitting techniques, such as steel tie-rods, has been calculated.
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