Abstract
In-plane uniaxial shaking table tests were carried out on full-scale single-bay timber-framed masonry wall specimens characteristic of Ottoman-period mansions in mainland Greece. The posts were connected to the sill-beam with cylindrical mortise-tenon joints. Two infills were investigated: solid fired clay bricks with lime-cement mortar and adobe blocks with earth mortar. Both specimens proved able to withstand significant base accelerations up to 1.0 g with little damage, exhibiting rocking behavior, with the post tenons lifting up from the mortises due to exceedance of friction at the contact surfaces. The earth material specimen presented higher uplift, top displacement and acceleration. A short comparison with static monotonic and cyclic tests is also presented.
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