Natural Hazards and Earth System Science www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net 1561-8633 1684-9981 10 2 2010 10.5194/nhess-10-251-2010 http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/251/2010/ http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/251/2010/nhess-10-251-2010.html http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/251/2010/nhess-10-251-2010.pdf 251 263 2010-02-11 The behaviour of roof gable walls under the effect of earthquake load M. Kamanli kamanli@selcuk.edu.tr F. S. Balik Selçuk University, Eng. & Arch. Faculty, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Konya, Turkey Selçuk University, Ereğli School of Higher Education Civil Programe, Ereğli, Konya, Turkey In this study, the effect of earthquake loads on roof gable walls and the behaviours of these roof gable walls are investigated. In preparation of the study, two experiments on cradle roof system which gets and does not get any loads off the roof members were carried out in all. The experiments were performed on the shaking table in Earthquake Research Department of General Directorate of Disaster Affairs. Through the experiments, some considerable results were obtained on the behaviours of roof gable walls under the effect of horizontal dynamic loads. The results obtained at the end of these examinations are given and discussed. Furthermore, suggestions to make the brick gable walls more reliable against the loads of earthquake are given. When the results of the experiments were generally taken into consideration, it was realized that the gable walls in both roof systems would partly or completely collapse even under the effect of a little horizontal dynamic load. Balik, F. S. and Kamanli, M.: Concrete Technology, Atlas Publication Distribution, Istanbul, 2003. Balik, F. S.: The Behaviours of Roof Gable Walls under the Effect of Earthquake Load, M.Sc Thesis, SU Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Konya, 2004. Bayülke, N.: A Simple Shaking Table used for the Determination of Earthquake Behaviours of Rural Dwellings, Bulletin of Ministry of Public Works and Settlement, 92, 202–210, Ankara, 1986. Bayülke, N., Dogan, A., and Hurata, A.: A Report for Shaking Table Experiment of a Model Construction with Çimger Construction System produced by Ankara Reconstruction Limited Company, Ministry of Public Works and Settlement General Directorate of Technical Research and Application Department of Earthquake Research, Ankara, 1986. Bayülke, N., Do\vgan, A., and Hürata, A.: The Report for Shaking Table Experiment of Masonry Constructions Constructed of Vertically Perforated Bricks, Ministry of Public Works and Settlement General Directorate of disaster Affairs, Department of Earthquake Research, Ankara, 1989. Bayülke, N.: The Report for Shaking Table Experiment of Rebuilt Brick Masonry Construction, Ministry of Public Works and Settlement General Directorate of disaster, Affairs Department of Earthquake Research, Ankara, 1990. Paulson, T. J., Abrams, D. P., and Mayes, R. L.: Shaking Table Study of Base Isolation for Mansory Buildings, J. Struct. Eng.-ASCE, 117(11), 3315–3336, USA, 1991. Turkish Earthquake Code (TEC): Regulations on Structures Constructed in Disaster Regions, Ministry of Public Works and Settlement, 2007. Klemenc, I. and Tomazevic, M.: Verification of seismic Resistance of Confined Masonry Buildings, Earthq. Eng. Struct. D., 26, 1073–1088, 1997. Hahn, G. D.: Correlation of Seismic Responses of Structures, J. Struct. Eng.-ASCE, 123(4), 405–413, 1997. Mengi, Y., Mc Niven, H., and Tanrikulu, A.: Model For Nonlinear Earthqauake Analysis of Unreinforced Brick Masonry Buildings, Comput. Struct., 41(4), 801–812, 1991. Kaltakci, M. Y., Arslan, M. H., and Korkmaz, H. H., Öztürk, M.: An Investigation on Failed or Damaged Reinforced Concrete Structures under their Own Weight in Turkey, Eng. Fail. Anal., 14(6), 962–969. 2007. Schweier, C., Markus, M., and Steinle, E.: Simulation of earthquake caused building damages for the development of fast reconnaissance techniques, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 4, 285–293, 2004. Cervone, G., Singh, R. P., Kafatos, M., and Yu, C.: Wavelet maxima curves of surface latent heat flux anomalies associated with Indian earthquakes, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 5, 87–99, 2005.