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Design of residential housing using welded wire mesh reinforcement and linear evaluation of the walls under dynamic loadings

dc.contributor.advisor Guevara-Guillén, José O.
dc.contributor.author Avilés-Nieves, Eduardo
dc.contributor.college College of Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.committee Suárez Colche, Luis E.
dc.contributor.committee López Rodríguez, Ricardo R.
dc.contributor.department Department of Civil Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.representative Huérfano Moreno, Victor
dc.date.accessioned 2018-09-12T19:58:53Z
dc.date.available 2018-09-12T19:58:53Z
dc.date.issued 2017-05
dc.description.abstract This thesis presents the results of the design of residential housing using welded wire mesh reinforcement (WWR) and the lineal evaluation of the shear walls reinforced with WWR under dynamic loadings. Typical residential structures in Puerto Rico with concrete shear walls to resist lateral loads were chosen to evaluate the behavior of these walls. Six (6) structures were chosen: two (2) structures with only one floor, two (2) structures with two stories and two (2) structures with three (3) stories. The main structural components to resist lateral loads on the structure are the concrete shear walls in both directions. The objective of this study is to use welded wire fabric (WWF) reinforcement in the design of structural elements on the structures such as: concrete slabs, shear walls, wall footings. As matter of comparison, the design was performed using conventional steel. Once the design was completed, a dynamic loading was performed, using seven (7) time-histories of different seismic events to understand the behavior of the shear walls. Structural analysis was performed using Extended Three-dimensional Analysis of Building Systems (Etabs) software and the loads considered in the analysis were dead, live, and seismic and wind loads based on the Puerto Rico Building Code which used the International Building Code 2009. Results from the analysis performed for all applicable load combinations and the most critical combinations were used to perform the design of all structural elements using wire mesh and conventional reinforcement. Per stresses from the dynamic analysis the structures designed with shear walls on both directions do not exceed the linear range, however the buildings with reduced amount of shear walls combined with block walls may go beyond the linear range and further non-linear evaluation is needed or regular steel reinforcement can be used for these cases. For future studies, it is recommended to evaluate structures that did have shear walls but are combined with masonry walls to determine whether or not can perform well due to the fact that the reduced ductility of walls designed using WWR compared with regular reinforcement. en_US
dc.description.abstract Esta tesis presenta el diseño de residencias típicas en Puerto Rico usando paredes estructurales reforzadas con mallas de alambre soldado (WWF, por sus siglas en inglés) y evalúa el comportamiento no-lineal durante cargas dinámicas. Seis (6) estructuras se escogieron: dos (2) estructuras de un nivel, dos (2) estructuras de dos (2) niveles y dos (2) estructuras de tres (3) niveles. El elemento estructural principal de las estructuras son las paredes de cortante en ambas direcciones. El objetivo principal de este estudio es usar el refuerzo de mallas en el diseño de elementos estructurales como losas, paredes y fundaciones continuas. A modo de comparación, el mismo diseño se realizará usando el acero convencional. También, se realizó el análisis dinámico usando siete (7) registros de aceleración de diferentes eventos sísmicos para así entender el comportamiento de las paredes de cortante en las estructuras. El análisis estructural se realizó utilizando el programa de análisis tri-dimensional extendido de sistemas de edificios por sus siglas en ingles “Etabs” y las cargas consideradas fueron muertas, vivas, cargas de viento y terremoto de acuerdo al código de Puerto Rico que hace referencia al Código Internacional de Edificios del 2009. Del análisis se utilizaron los resultados de todas las combinaciones de cargas aplicables y se escogió la combinación más crítica para realizar el diseño de los elementos estructurales usando mallas y acero como refuerzo. Del análisis dinámico en las estructuras diseñadas con paredes de cortante en ambas direcciones se determinó que las mismas no exceden el rango lineal, sin embargo las estructuras con pocas paredes de cortante combinadas con paredes de bloques pudieran exceder el rango lineal y se requeriría una evaluación no-lineal o de lo contrario usar acero regular en estos casos. Para futuros estudios, se recomienda evaluar las estructuras con paredes de carga y paredes de bloques para determinar si pueden trabajar bien o no debido a la reducción en ductilidad de las paredes diseñadas con WWF si se comparan con refuerzo regular. en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2017 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/860
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.rights.holder (c) 2017 Eduardo Avilés Nieves en_US
dc.rights.license All rights reserved en_US
dc.subject Residential housing en_US
dc.subject Welded wire mesh reinforcement en_US
dc.subject Shear walls reinforced en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Wire netting en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Shear walls en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Lateral loads en_US
dc.title Design of residential housing using welded wire mesh reinforcement and linear evaluation of the walls under dynamic loadings en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline Civil Engineering en_US
thesis.degree.level M.S. en_US
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