Loading Height on Reinforced Brick Masonry Wall’s Failure Mode and Seismic Performance with Finite Element Analysis Method

Abstract

Masonry structure, the number of large, wide area distribution, and earthquake damage survey, masonry structure severely damaged. In this paper, using the finite element tool ABAQUS, combined with an equivalent volume element simulation technology, the establishment of spatial finite element model to study the loading height of the brick wall failure modes and effects of seismic performance issues in depth analysis of its constant vertical pressure, different loading height seismic performance and failure modes under. The results show that: the greater the load height, the wall more prone to bending failure, otherwise prone to shear failure; loading height bigger, better ductility of the wall, the ultimate bearing capacity is smaller.