Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
16. Ulusal Zemin Mekaniği ve Geoteknik Mühendisliği Kongresi., Erzurum, Türkiye, 13 - 14 Ekim 2016, ss.595-604
The great majority of historical buildings that stand today were founded on rigid-type soil,
i.e. rock, whereas some of them were founded on compressible soil layers. Due to actual
requirements such as excavation or traffic regulations, any change in environmental
conditions of historical buildings that were founded on compressible soil layers affects
foundation soil and can cause some problems like excessive deformation. From this point
of view, load-deformation behavior of model masonry walls which were founded on the
compressible soil was investigated. The model walls were constructed on the reinforced
concrete foundation with single-type brick known as traditional blend brick and different
lime mortars that were compatible with the historic ones. The walls were founded on the
sand soil which was laid in the tank with dimensions of 3.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 m and were tested
under vertical loads by hydraulic loading frame. The mechanical properties of the masonry
walls’ constituents including the brick and the mortars, and also both the mechanical and
the index properties of the sand were determined before the loading tests. After the
experimental process, analysis of the test results showed that not only the characteristics of
employed mortar but also rigidness and strength of underlying soil play a major role in
structural behaviour of masonry walls.
Keywords: Historical buildings, masonry wall, soil-structure interaction