Experimental data: Single- and double-wythe brick masonry walls subjected to four-point bending tests under different support conditions: Simply supported, rigid, non-rigid

<p>This dataset contains the results of laboratory quasi-static monotonic four-point bending tests conducted at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden on eleven natural-scale unreinforced brick masonry walls. The walls were spanning vertically between two reinforced concrete slabs and were tested under three different support conditions defined according to the American manual UFC 3-340-02: simply supported, rigid, non-rigid. The influence of these support conditions on the out-of-plane behavior of the walls was studied on elements with varying thickness &ndash; single and double wythe &ndash; and subjected to different levels of axial compression (or overload). The walls were tested inside of a bi-axial test setup that allowed not only the lateral, out-of-plane force but also the axial, arching action to be measured throughout the tests. Optical full-field displacement measurements were also acquired by two systems of cameras making use of the 2D and 3D Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique.</p> <p>The data generated from these tests are made here available to support further investigations on masonry structures subjected to extreme lateral, out-of-plane actions. The dataset includes&nbsp;3 compressed folders, ordered from 01 to 03, along with an auxiliary document describing the content and organization of the dataset.&nbsp;</p> <p>The data presented here are described in the following research article:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950061823022602?via%3Dihub">Godio M, Flansbjer M, Williams Portal N (2023). Single- and double-wythe brick masonry walls subjected to four-point bending tests under different support conditions: simply supported, rigid, non-rigid, Construction and Building Materials</a></p> </blockquote> <p>To cite this dataset, please refer to the&nbsp;article.</p> <p>The Authors</p>