EVALUATION OF MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF METAL CONNECTIONS IN MASONRY BY COMPUTER MODELING
Solid brick masonry; Mechanical behavior; Structural modeling; Structural rehabilitation; Anchor systems
Brazil has a vast historical, artistic and cultural heritage of the colonial era composed of buildings built mostly of masonry. In Salvador, today, part of this legacy is highly degraded, and restorative interventions are required to remain stable. There are several techniques of consolidation and/or structural rehabilitation that can be employed, among them the use of metallic structure. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the connection between a new, temporary or definitive metal structure and the old one, in solid brick masonry. The objective is to make a comparative analysis of the mechanical behavior of three types of metallic connectors (mechanical, chemical and with grout) obtained as a result of experimental pull-out tests with that of computational modeling and that acquired by analytical formulations present in the literature reference. From these studies, it will be possible to identify the most appropriate type of connection in restorative interventions using metal structures.