Previous earthquakes, such as the 2010 Maule earthquake in Chile, have demonstrated the need to establish suitable predictors of compressive or tensile strains in concrete or steel in reinforced concrete shear walls, which ...

Residential reinforced concrete buildings performed well during the 2010 M,, 8.8 Maule, Chile earthquake. However, brittle damage was observed in reinforced concrete structural walls. The most frequent observed damage in ...

Slender walls with discontinuities at their bases, such as flag walls or walls with door openings or access, are common in Chilean practice because of the architectural requirements at facades, first floors, and underground ...

Global buckling of slender walls, reported only in a few laboratory tests before 2010, became a critical issue in design of reinforced concrete buildings after it was observed following the 2010 Mw 8.8 Chile earthquake and ...

Slender RC walls are often used in Chile and commonly, due to architectural constraint, the length of walls increases (setback) between floors designated for parking space and upper floors. These types of elements are ...

This research presents analyzes of slender reinforced masonry walls built with concrete units. The analysis was performed with finite element modeling. The Abaqus computational package was used to develop the models. Slender ...

Residential reinforced concrete buildings performed well during the 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule, Chile earthquake. However, brittle damage was observed in reinforced concrete structural walls. The most frequent observed damage in ...

Significant damage was observed in reinforced concrete walls of residential buildings following the 2010 Maule earthquake in Chile. The damage in structural walls was brittle and concentrated near the ground level. The ...