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Seismic Performance of a Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frame Building Designed as per Indian Codes
In the Indian subcontinent and many other parts of the world, it is a common practice to use masonry infills as partitions in framed buildings....
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Numerical simulation of RC frames infilled with RC walls for seismic strengthening of existing structures
Although it is evident that the RC infill wall is an economic and practical way to improve the lateral strength of framed structures and a...
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A novel data-driven force–displacement macro-model for nonlinear analysis of infilled frames: development, validation and reliability comparison
Equivalent strut macro-models are largely employed in research and practice, to reproduce the effect of infill walls in frame structures. These...
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Displacement incompatibility shape functions between masonry infill wall panels and reinforced concrete frames
During an earthquake, the detachment and local interaction between infill wall panels and surrounding frame can occur, potentially leading to...
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Fragility functions for non-ductile infilled reinforced concrete buildings using next-generation intensity measures based on analytical models and empirical data from past earthquakes
The regional seismic risk assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) building portfolios is a critical issue in earthquake engineering due to their high...
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Force–displacement relationship modelling of masonry infill walls with openings in hinged steel frames
The seismic behaviour of masonry infilled frames has attracted extensive attention from researchers, and it was found that infills normally...
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Seismic performance of prefabricated wall panels with sliding joints for reinforced concrete frames
The seismic performance of infill wall reinforced concrete (RC) frame systems has found considerable interest in the earthquake engineering community...
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Performance of masonry infills in reinforced concrete moment resisting frames under bidirectional seismic excitations
This paper investigates the behavior of unreinforced masonry (URM) infills in reinforced concrete (RC) moment resisting frames (RC-MRFs) subjected to...
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Seismic risk assessment of self-centering prestressed concrete frames with sliding and masonry infill walls: experimental and numerical models
To overcome negative effects of traditional masonry infilling walls (MIWs) on the seismic resilience of a self-centering prestressed concrete (SCPC)...
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Optimization of the structural coupling between RC frames, CLT shear walls and asymmetric friction connections
This paper focuses on the optimum design of the e-CLT technology. The e-CLT technology consists in adding cross laminated timber (CLT) walls to an...
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Nonlinear static characterisation of masonry-infilled RC building portfolios accounting for variability of infill properties
The seismic assessment of existing masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) building portfolios is a highly relevant issue in Italy and other...
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Influence of window opening on cyclic behavior of precast infill wall with sliding joints
In engineering practice, creating window openings in partition infill walls is a common requirement for infilled frames. However, the intervention of...
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Nonlinear numerical parametric study of the number and arrangement of dowels connecting the wall to the bounding frame for the seismic strengthening of RC frames with RC infill walls
The seismic retrofitting of existing multi-storey multi-bay reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings by the conversion of selected bays into new RC...
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Investigation on engineering demand parameters describing the seismic damage of masonry infilled R/C frames
The current study investigates the ability of basic response quantities to capture the infill effect on the seismic response of R/C buildings within...
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Concentric versus eccentric strut models in the seismic response of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frame structures using nonlinear dynamic analysis
The influence of masonry infills on the seismic response of reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures is evaluated based on comparative procedure...
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Limitations of Sa(T1) as an intensity measure when assessing non-ductile infilled RC frame structures
An important decision in seismic risk assessment involves a good choice of intensity measure (IM) used to describe ground motion intensity. Depending...
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Fragility assessment of existing low-rise steel moment-resisting frames with masonry infills under mainshock-aftershock earthquake sequences
This paper presents the fragility assessment of non-seismically designed steel moment frames with masonry infills. The assessment considered the...
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Loss of support assessment for precast portal frames with friction connections and masonry infills
The loss of support of beam elements in Italian precast buildings is one of the main vulnerabilities recorded in past earthquakes. The reason for...
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A review of experimental and analytical studies on the out-of-plane behaviour of masonry infilled frames
This paper presents a literature review of research undertaken on the out-of-plane behaviour of masonry infilled frames. This paper also discusses...
