This study investigated the rocking behavior of unreinforced masonry walls and wall piers under cyclic loading. Based on the benchmark tests, the characteristics of load-deformation relations in masonry walls with rocking failure were captured, focusing on observed deformation modes. The rocking strengths of masonry walls (i.e., peak and residual strengths) were evaluated, and the effects of opening configurations on the masonry wall strength were examined. The deformation capacity of the rocking behavior and the hysteresis shape of the load-deformation relations were also identified. Based on the results, modeling approaches for the rocking behavior of masonry walls were discussed.

Nonlinear static analysis and preliminary evaluation were performed in this study to evaluate the seismic performance of unreinforced masonry buildings subjected to various soil conditions based on the revised Korean Building Code. Preliminary evaluation scores and nonlinear static analyses indicated that all buildings were susceptible to collapse and did not reach their target performance. Therefore, retrofit of those building models was carried out through a systematic procedure to determine areas to be strengthened. It was possible to make most building models satisfy performance objectives through the reinforcement alone of damaged external shear walls. However, the application of a preliminary evaluation procedure to retrofit design was found to be too conservative because all the retrofitted building models verified with nonlinear static analysis failed to satisfy performance objectives. Therefore, it is possible to economically retrofit unreinforced masonry buildings through the fortification of external walls if a simple evaluation procedure that can efficiently specify vulnerable parts is developed.

비록 제한된 범위내에서나마 일련의 유한요소해석을 통하여 비보강 조적조 벽체의 면내방향 내진성능을 조사하였다. 이를 위하여 비보강 조적벽체는 연속체로 가정하여 등방성 평면응력요소로 취급하였으며, 비보강 조적조의 균열거동을 위하여 균열특성이 요소내에 분포하는 것으로 가정하는 분포균열모델을 사용하였다. 모두 70가지 서로 다른 경우의 비보강 조적벽체 모델을 해석하였는데, 축력비, 형상비 및 유효단면적비 등의 변수를 고려하였다. 해석결과 이들 변수가 비보강 조적벽체의 극한강도에 지대한 영향을 미치며 상호 작용하는 것으로 확인되었다. 비보강 조적벽체의 여러 가지 취성적 요인과 복합적인 파괴형태의 가능성을 감안하여 현재 우리 나라 규준에서 사용하고 있는 반응수정계수의 크기를 재고하여야 함이 지적되었다.

This present study proposes a practical strengthening technique for enhancing the in-plane shear strength and ductility of unreinforced masonry walls using the unbonded prestressed wire ropes. Four full-scale masonry walls were tested under constant axial load and cyclic lateral loads. Test results revealed that the developed strengthening procedure was highly effective in enhancing the in-plane shear strength and ductility of masonry walls and controlling crack propagation along head and bed mortar joints