Floor to wall anchors in historic brick buildings

Bradford W. Cross, Nicholas P. Jones

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Abstract

The poster presentation at the Structures' Congress details a retrofit analysis performed on the Gilroy Historic Commercial Building, which was instrumented during the Loma Prieta Earthquake. A three dimensional time history analysis, using the Loma Prieta Earthquake as input, was performed using the ABAQUS finite element package. The investigation of the effects of anchor spacing on the anchor forces (including dynamic punching and pulling effects) is presented, as well as the local effects of changing the anchor spacing. Such local effects include out-of-plane bending of the wall between anchors, as well as relative displacement and pounding between the diaphragm and the wall. The efficiency of shear transfer between anchors and the walls is demonstrated for various anchor spacings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationStructures Congress XII
PublisherPubl by ASCE
Pages1569
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)087262952X
StatePublished - 1994
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the Structures Congress '94 - Atlanta, GA, USA
Duration: Apr 24 1994Apr 28 1994

Publication series

NameStructures Congress XII

Other

OtherProceedings of the Structures Congress '94
CityAtlanta, GA, USA
Period4/24/944/28/94

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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