Auteur El-Dakhakhni, Wael W.
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Shedid, Marwan T., Auteur ; El-Dakhakhni, Wael W., Auteur ; Drysdale, Robert G., Auteur |In this paper, seven reinforced concrete-block shear walls with aspect ratios of 1.5 and 2.2 (two- and three-storey high) were tested under displacement-controlled cyclic loading. The response of rectangular, flanged, and end-confined walls, des[...]
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Shedid, Marwan T., Auteur ; El-Dakhakhni, Wael W., Auteur ; Drysdale, Robert G., Auteur |This paper contains detailed analyses of an experimental study conducted to evaluate the ductility, stiffness degradation and energy dissipation characteristics of rectangular, flanged, and end-confined reinforced masonry (RM) shear walls failin[...]
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Detection of ungrouted cells in concrete masonry constructions using a dielectric variation approach
El-Dakhakhni, Wael W., Auteur ; Nassr, Amr A., Auteur ; Shedid, Marwan T., Auteur |n this study, a new technique for detecting ungrouted cells in concrete block masonry constructions was developed. The concept, based on detecting the local dielectric permittivity variations, was employed to design coplanar capacitance sensors [...]
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Bennett R. Banting, Auteur ; El-Dakhakhni, Wael W., Auteur |There is a need to evaluate existing, and introduce new, masonry construction techniques within a performance-based seismic design context to advance their adoption in the next generation of seismic design codes in North America. In this regard,[...]
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Badr M. Abou-Zeid, Auteur ; El-Dakhakhni, Wael W., Auteur ; A. Ghani Razaqpur, Auteur |New standards for blast protection of buildings are currently being developed in the United States and Canada. In this regard, both standards are considering unreinforced masonry (URM) walls as particularly vulnerable to blast events and may not[...]
