Experimental Study On The Seismic Behavior Of The Walls Made Of Sintered Shale Porous Bricks

Masonry structure is one of the earliest constructions of the building structure which has made tremendous contributions for human living for a long time in China.Clay brick has been absolutely the dominating position among the masonry material.But in the production process, Clay brick not only do harm to our land, the environment, but also cause huge waste.Therefore,the state decided to implement a wall reform, and gradually use the new wall materials to replace the traditional masonry materials.In order to further investigate the seismic behavior of the walls made of sintered shale porous bricks, the behavior of the walls made of sintered shale porous bricks is analyzed using numerical simulation.Then, the experimental tests has been done to reveal the effect of constructional columns on the seismic behavior. The main content of this paper can be summarized as follows:(1) In troduction.In this part,the characteristics and development of the brick structure are simply in troduced.The study on seismic behavior of masonry walls and the relevance of the general tests are also included.(2) Test overview.We worked out the whole plan,the test content,the progress of the tests,the component failure modes,and other relevant things.(3) Analysis of the results.With the help of wall destructive patterns, dial indicator, displacement meter and the top's load-displacement curve,we analyze the various performance of the walls during horizontal earthquake.Test shows: Sintered Shale Porous brick walls have high shear strength,good ductility and energy dissipation capacity which suitable for the low to promote the use of the earthquake zone.