Abstract

GOMEZ BERNAL, Alonso et al. Estudio experimental y numérico de un prototipo losa-muro de transferencia. Concr. cem. investig. desarro [online]. 2015, vol.6, n.2, pp.30-47. ISSN 2007-3011.

The construction of structured buildings with transfer floors has significantly increased, but this behaviour is not well understood, nor regulated in the construction codes. A special program was implemented to clarify the response of masonry walls supported on reinforced concrete slabs. This project aims to define recommendations for buildings with transfer slab system. This paper discusses experimental results of a prototype slab-wall subjected to vertical and horizontal cyclic loading. The numerical part consists of several finite element slab-wall models using ANSYS. The most important results are the change on lateral stiffness and resistant capacity of the load-bearing wall supported on a slab, in case is fixed at its base. During the test process of horizontal loading, it was detected that the stiffness of the system slab-wall decreases to the third part, regarding from the fixed wall, this result is supported by the numerical study.

Keywords : transfer slab; masonry wall test; concrete slab test; finite element.