In-plane behavior of grouted concrete masonry under biaxial tension-compression

Thirty-six panels were tested to investigate the in-plane behavior of grouted concrete masonry under well-defined biaxial tension-compression loading conditions. In the panel tests, stresses are explicitly defined without the need to adopt any assumption of isotropic or elastic behavior. Thus, these tests are shown to be suited to the study of anisotropic characteristics, including cracked masonry and postyielding of reinforcement. The …