Title: Influence of Masonry Infill Walls on Seismic Performance of RC Framed Structures-A Comparison of AAC and Conventional Brick Infill
Abstract: In general design practices in India, the strength and stiffness of infill walls are ignored with the assumption of conservative design. In actual, infill walls add considerably to the strength and rigidity of the structures and their negligence will cause failure of many of multi- storeyed buildings. For the functional and architectural requirements Masonry walls are provided in R.C. structures. The term infilled frame is used to represent a composite structure formed by the combination of a moment resisting R.C. frame & Infill walls. The Infill walls can be of conventional clay brick (CB), concrete block or AAC block. The behavior of in-filled R.C. frames has been studied experimentally and analytically by a number of researchers. It has been recognized that infill materials significantly affect the seismic performance of the resulting in-filled frame structures. Most of the research work carried out in this area is focused on parameters such as the variation of distribution of MI and the stiffness of frame elements. The study of the effect of types of infill materials used (i.e. AAC block versus conventional brick masonry) on the seismic performance of in-filled R.C. frames is however still limited. In the present study seismic performance of AAC blocks & conventional bricks infill panel in R.C. frames are compared using STAAD Pro V8i.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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