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Résumé de la thèse (en anglais) :
Earthquake is one of the major natural disasters taking the lives of thousands of people around the world. Such losses can be minimized by an application of a proper intervention approach. One of the traditional techniques is the application of horizontal seismic bands. Due to limited research in the past, the performance and effectiveness of such bands were not quantifiable. To address the scientific challenge faced in the field related to the use of different materials as seismic bands, a multi-scale experimental approach is used in this study. The building typology is referred from Nepal in this study; however, this is relevant to many other countries, where earthen masonry structures are practiced. A multi-scale approach is used for the experimental campaign to study the behavior of two types of materials (timber and reinforced concrete) when used as a seismic band. The materials used for the test are adobe, extruded adobe, and mud mortar. The material properties are characterized experimentally. Five wallets are tested under quasi-static cyclic loading- three walls using adobe and two using extruded adobe brick. Finally, three 1:2 reduced scale models are tested with dynamic shake table tests.
The results from quasi-static cycle tests provide the fundamental structural behavior properties of the masonry wall, with and without a seismic band. Three reduced scale dynamic tests on the house model highlight the benefit of having the seismic band and comparing the behavior using two materials as a seismic band regarding the natural frequency, damping, energy dissipation, crack propagation control, and others. The structural behavior is enhanced with the application of the seismic band, and there are some advantages in the performance of the RC band structure over
the timber seismic band.