Modelling of masonry infilled RC frames subjected to cyclic loads: State of the art review and modelling with OpenSees

NM Noh, L Liberatore, F Mollaioli, S Tesfamariam - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Reinforced concrete frames with unreinforced masonry infill walls represent a widely
adopted building system. During seismic events, infill walls, usually considered as non …

Masonry infilled frame structures: state-of-the-art review of numerical modelling

N Tarque, L Candido, G Camata, E Spacone - 2015 - repositorio.pucp.edu.pe
This paper presents a state-of-the-art review of the nonlinear modelling techniques available
today for describing the structural behaviour of masonry infills and their interaction with …

A macro-modelling approach for the analysis of infilled frame structures considering the effects of openings and vertical loads

PG Asteris, L Cavaleri, F Di Trapani… - Structure and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
During the last decades, several macro-models have been proposed for the modelling of the
infill panels' contribution to the lateral strength of frames. Despite all this effort, a robust …

Lateral stiffness of masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames with central opening

G Mondal, SK Jain - Earthquake spectra, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Window and door openings are inevitable parts of infill walls for functional reasons.
Currently, publications like FEMA-273 and ATC-40 contain provisions for the calculation of …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the behaviour of centrally perforated unreinforced masonry walls: Applications of numerical analysis, machine learning, and stochastic methods

M Khaleghi, J Salimi, V Farhangi, MJ Moradi… - Ain Shams Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of openings greatly affects the response of unreinforced masonry (URM)
walls. This topic greatly attracts the attention of many researchers. Perforated unreinforced …

Effects of size and position of openings on in-plane capacity of unreinforced masonry walls

Z Liu, A Crewe - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2020 - Springer
In recent earthquakes, unreinforced masonry (URM) structures built of masonry walls
containing openings such as doors and windows have been shown to have poor seismic …

Application of artificial neural network to predict load bearing capacity and stiffness of perforated masonry walls

M Khaleghi, J Salimi, V Farhangi, MJ Moradi… - CivilEng, 2021 - mdpi.com
Perforations adversely affect the structural response of unreinforced masonry walls (UMW)
by reducing the wall's load bearing capacity, which can cause serious structural damage. In …

Seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings

American Society of Civil Engineers - 2014 - ascelibrary.org
This standard remains available, but an updated version has been published here.
Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit …

Experimental and finite element analytical investigation of seismic behavior of full-scale masonry infilled RC frames

C Zhai, J Kong, X Wang, ZQ Chen - Journal of Earthquake …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This article investigates the seismic behavior of masonry infilled RC frames with/without
openings. Four full-scale, single-story, and single-bay specimens were tested under …

[PDF][PDF] Combined seismic and energy upgrading of existing reinforced concrete buildings using TRM jacketing and thermal insulation

PD Gkournelos, DA Bournas, TC Triantafillou - Earthq. Struct, 2019 - researchgate.net
The concept of the combined seismic and energy retrofitting of existing reinforced concrete
(RC) buildings was examined in this paper through a number of case studies conducted on …