Evaluation based on calculation and device data under the earthquake impact of masonry type buildings

A large rate of structures in Turkey, are built as masonry. Although masonry structures are superior in some respects, due to very heavy and less resistance to earthquakes and horizontal loads, they are generally not considered earthquake-resistant structures. However, due to economic conditions, the construction of masonry structures will continue, for instance, these structures have to be constructed as earthquake-resistant, the knowledge about their behaviors under seismic loads has to be improved and also they have to be improved to be earthquake-resistant. As a consequence of walls of masonry buildings are load-bearing, any damage to the walls directly affects structural system. Therefore, A distinction can't be made between load-bearing and non-load-bearing structural parts damage such as reinforced concrete structures. The aim of this thesis is, determination of potential damages of the building classes of masonry structure stock of Antakya, such as Massive Stone and Solid Clay Brick by using non-linear analysis, based on the instrumental data, and compare the results with data bases which were created after former earthquakes. For determination of realistic properties of the masonry structure's material properties, at first, experimental studies were conducted on brick units and mortal specimens.. At this study; the dynamic vibration parameters of the buildings were defined by experimental methods, which were performed at Civil Engineering Department of Iskenderun Technical University, and the calibration of numerical models was performed before the performance analysis of the structures to determine the vulnerability class of the buildings.