Evaluation of Lateral Stability of Cantilever Wall

Abstract

Brick masonry constitutes the vital part of building construction globally. As they are in elastic and have non-homogenous material properties, the analysis for evaluating the performance of brick masonry is intricate. For numerical investigations, identifying the constitutive material properties is essential to study their behavior. The experiments are performed to determine the material properties such as compressive strength, modulus of elasticity and stress- strain characteristics of brick units, mortar cubes. Finite element modeling is carried out for numerical analysis using ANSYS. Considering the material properties from experimental results, the interface properties, stress distribution and failure criteria for brick masonry are studied in ANSYS. In this Present work, we have observed that when applied pressure increases then there is increase in maximum deformation and equivalent stresses. The study proves that for single brick wall and double brick wall of various dimensions, there is increase in maximum deformation and also in equivalent stresses due to increase in applied pressure.