Brick and mortar springs are represented by using different spring properties. Nonlinear constitutive law of the mortar spring employed the Gambarotta model which considers the material softening. Polypropylene band is modeled as beam element using conventional plastic constitutive law connected together with the masonry by elastic spring representing the polypropylene band to brick connector. The numerical simulation of non-retrofitted and retrofitted out of plane wallets shows that with the suitable selected parameter the behavior of masonry can be closely reproduced.
K. Worakanchana, O, Mayorca,R. Guragain, S. Navaratanaraj, K. Meguro. “3-D Applied Element Method for Static Non-Linear Simulation of PP-band Retrofitted Masonry.” BULLETIN OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURE RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NO. 41, (MARCH 2008).