Brick masonry response to wind driven rain

0517947 - ÚTAM 2021 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Cacciotti, Riccardo
Brick masonry response to wind driven rain.
Engineering Structures. Roč. 204, February (2020), č. článku 110080. ISSN 0141-0296. E-ISSN 1873-7323
Institutional support: RVO:68378297
Keywords : wind driven rain * brick masonry * damage * wind tunnel simulation * rain penetration test * performance
OECD category: Civil engineering
Impact factor: 4.471, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.110080

This study develops an innovative wind tunnel testing methodology for assessing the hygro-mechanical response of brick masonry to wind driven rain. The results highlight that such response depends largely on material properties, rain load characteristics, saturation level and wetting history. Additionally, rain penetration, even during milder rainfall events, induces the degradation in mechanical properties, stress redistribution and curtailing of damage and failure stress thresholds in bricks. Finally, synergies with additional adverse conditions, such as temperature and salts, produce a combined damaging action that can undermine the structural integrity of building elements. Within the research framework, future work is also proposed.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0303184