Better understanding Masonry buildings behavior in earthquake

Due to Simple Design, reasonable cost and easy implementation most people are reluctant to build buildings with masonry Construction. While they believe of Masonry Structures performance at earthquake are so limited. Of most earthquakes occurred in Iran and other countries, we can easily see that most of the damages are for masonry Constructions and this is the evidence that we lack proper understanding of the performance of masonry buildings in earthquake. In this paper According to field studies, conducted in past earthquakes (Shonbeh, Bam and etc.) To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses points of the masonry constructions and also provide a solution to prevent such damage should be presented, and also program Examples of the correct Bearing wall and tie- column design with the valid regulations (MSJC-08 (ASD)) will be explained

Keywords:

Masonry Constructions , Performance at earthquake , MSJC-08 (ASD) , bearing wall , tie- column