Analysis of flood impacts on masonry structures and mitigation measures

The impact of floods can be devastating to buildings, especially in countries and villages in mountainous areas. Based on the flood impact risk analysis results, two methods are suggested by authors to improve the flood impact defense capability of rural buildings in this paper: increasing the stren...

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Autores principales: Shiyun Xiao, Na Li, Xiaoyang Guo
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Publicado: Wiley 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/b982ab1a39284d0398bb56542213c454
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Sumario:The impact of floods can be devastating to buildings, especially in countries and villages in mountainous areas. Based on the flood impact risk analysis results, two methods are suggested by authors to improve the flood impact defense capability of rural buildings in this paper: increasing the strength of the mortar used in masonry structures, as well as adding reinforced concrete (RC) columns and circle beams to masonry structures. The impact of floods on the reinforced masonry structures is simulated numerically, and the failure process, stress, and deformation behaviors of masonry structures are analyzed. Compared to the computational results of normal masonry structures, the advantages of the two methods proposed in this manuscript are studied. Increasing the mortar strength slows the rate of damage to the masonry structure but does not improve the deformation or the failure behaviors. Increasing the mortar strength slightly decreases the first principal stress on the mortar and brick elements but has no effect on the third principal stress. Adding the RC frames not only delays the damage to the building and improves the failure behavior of the masonry structure but also decreases the first and third principle stresses of the brick and mortar elements.