Performance based seismic evaluation of a non-seismic masonry building of metal sheathed walls - Part II Study case

A building designed according only to geometrical consideration (as typical at the beginning of the XX century) has been evaluated and consolidated applying a strengthening solution based on metallic sheathing. On this, purpose a Performance Based Seismic Evaluation procedure was applied using an equivalent FE model. This model, experimentally and numerical calibrated, to simulate the behaviour of masonry shear walls strengthened with metal sheathing is applied by ABAQUS code, in order to establish the acceptance criteria, performance levels and building performance.