Multilaminate Macromodel for Concrete Masonry: Formulation and Verification

A macromodel was developed to predict the in-plane behavior of concrete masonry. In this multilaminate model, the masonry assemblage is replaced by an equivalent material which consists of a homogenous medium intersected by two sets of planes of weakness along the head and bed joints. Additionally, two sets of reinforcement, normal and parallel to bed joints are used when modeling reinforced masonry. The macrobehavior of the equivalent material …