Study on Seismic Performance of Masonry Walls Reinforced with Ultra-high Ductile Concrete
To investigate the seismic performance of masonry walls reinforced with ultra-high ductile concrete (UHDC),low-cycle repeated loading tests were conducted on two solid walls and two cavi-ty walls. The results showed that,compared to unreinforced walls,the load-bearing capacity of the solid walls and cavity walls increased by 31% and 223%,respectively,while the peak displacement decreased by 30% and 471%,respectively. The UHDC-reinforced masonry walls were modeled us-ing OpenSees software to assess the impact of various factors on seismic performance,including re-inforcement layer thickness,reinforcement mode,and axial compressive stress. The results indicat-ed that,for solid walls,when the reinforcement layer thickness was 10,20,and 30mm,the peak load-bearing capacity increased by 16.0%,36.2%,and 56.1%,respectively,while the peak dis-placement decreased by 28.3%,26.7%,and 26.7%,respectively. For cavity walls,the peak load-bearing capacity increased by 117.4%,179.5%,and 243.4%,respectively,and the peak displace-ment increased by 345.5%,522.7%,and 506.1%,respectively,when the reinforcement layer thickness was 10,15,and 20mm. When the axial compressive stress was 0.6 MPa and 0.9 MPa,the peak load-bearing capacity of solid walls increased by 16.8% and 33.0%,respectively,com-pared to 0.3 MPa,while the peak displacement decreased by 12.0% and 16.0%,respectively. Com-pared to 0.15 MPa,the peak load-bearing capacity of cavity walls increased by 6.5% and 10.5%,with peak displacement increasing by 2.8% and 0.0%,respectively. When full-surface,oblique strip,and orthogonal strip reinforcement methods were used,the peak load-bearing capacity of solid walls increased by 36.2%,12.0%,and 5.4%,respectively,with peak displacement decreasing by 26.7%,28.3%,and 28.3%,respectively. For cavity walls,the peak load-bearing capacity in-creased by 179.5%,80.1%,and 39.3%,respectively,with peak displacement increasing by 522.7%,203.0%,and 203.0%,respectively. Finally,a formula for calculating the shear bearing capacity of UHDC-reinforced masonry walls was proposed,which showed reliable accuracy when compared with experimental and simulation results. The formula provides theoretical support for re-inforcement design.