An Experimental Study of the Response of RC Frames and Frames with Masonry Infill Walls to Simulated Earthquakes

By Jonathan Monical

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DOI

10.7277/W61K-FB26

Category

Engineering - Civil

Principle Investigator (PI)

Jonathan Monical

Published on

Oct 30, 2021

Abstract

This study focuses on non-ductile reinforced concrete (RC) frames built outside current practices. These structures are quite vulnerable to collapse during earthquakes. One option to retrofit buildings with poorly detailed RC columns is to construct full-height masonry infill walls to provide additional means to resist loads caused by gravity and increase lateral stiffness resulting in a reduction in drift demand. On the other hand, infill can cause reductions in drift capacity that offset the benefits of reductions in demand. Given these two opposing effects, this investigation addresses the following question: "Are poorly detailed RC frames containing masonry infill walls any safer than similar RC frames without infill walls?"

Cite this work

  • Jonathan Monical (2021), "An Experimental Study of the Response of RC Frames and Frames with Masonry Infill Walls to Simulated Earthquakes," https://datacenterhub.org/deedsdv/publications/view/208.

Keywords

Drift demand, Drift capacity, Reinforced concrete frames, Frames with masonry infill walls, Infilled frames