Title: Study of Seismic Capacity of Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames Considering the Influence of Frame Strength
Abstract: Unreinforced masonry infilled-RC frames are widely used in many developing countries. Even though the influence of the masonry walls on the behavior of structure was recognized from the experience of past earthquake disasters, but many practicing engineers still assume that the infill walls are non-structural walls due to incomplete knowledge of the behavior of such structures. In this paper, an experimental study of two ½ scale specimens with different RC frames and masonry infill walls were tested using a static cyclic loading protocol. The main parameter was the influence of changing the RC frame strength on masonry infill seismic capacity. The results showed that shear strength and deformation capacity of masonry infill greatly improved by increasing the strength of boundary frame. The investigation of strength, ductility and initial stiffness based on experimental results and comparative study with existing methods showed large variations between several methods commonly used to assess the seismic capacity of masonry infill.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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