Abstract:
Analytical and experimental study of the behaviour of reinforced brick and reinforced concrete members subjected
to lateral loads is presented. Theoretical load-deflectic.n curves for such members with certain assumed stress-stra -r.
characteristics of steel, brick and concrete is compared with -those obtained experimentally. The variable parameters
in this
study include
percentage
of
steel, the shape
of
stress M
strain curve
for brick
and
concrete and the
strai..~.
level in these materials. The study is aimed at arriving a
set of structural parameters for economical design of members taking into account the energy absorbing capacity of the materials.
