Finite Element and Experimental Analysis of 3D Masonry Compressed Stabilised Earth Block and Brick Building Models against Earthquake Forces

Abstract

The main objective is to study the seismic behaviour of eight building models with scale 1:3 of 3D single room building constructed using country fired brick and three types of Compressed stabilised earth [CSE] blocks along with and without earthquake resistant features [EQRF]. Models were subjected to shake table tests. Four models were constructed using four different blocks along with EQRF. Other four models were without EQRF. To examine the seismic capacity, the models were subjected to long-period ground motion and the test specimen were shaken repeatedly until the failure. The test results from Hi-end Data Acquisition system show that model with EQRF behave better than without EQRF. And also CSEB building models behaved better than brick models. A comparison between the results of tests and the FEM analysis by ANSYS predictions is made. The data obtained from the experimental works were given as train set in Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and a tool was created in Matlab software for analysing various blocks.