Experimental analysis of seismic resistance of shear wall in traditional Haitian houses

The seismic performance of Haitian wood structures filled with natural stones and earth mortar is estimated by using three scales of experimental tests in which cyclic and monotone loading are applied. At the connection scale, direct tension tests are performed to obtain the hysteretic behaviour depending of the nails number. At the elementary wall scale, elementary structure of a wall, shear tests are performed to obtain the hysteretic behaviour depending of the filling characteristics. By the same method, the behaviour of a whole wall without opening is obtained. The final aim will be to use these results in a multi-scale modelling to assess the Haitian houses' behaviour under a seismic loading.