Behaviour and material properties of versaloc semi-interlocking mortarless masonry

S Dorji, H Derakhshan, DP Thambiratnam… - Materials and …, 2023 - Springer
Masonry construction is popular around the world, but the use of mortared masonry presents
numerous challenges. In recent decades, masonry construction systems incorporating …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of the effects of different uncertainty sources on the seismic fragility functions of masonry-infilled RC frames

H Mohamed, D Skoulidou, X Romão - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of masonry infills is known to have a significant effect when assessing the
seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, and including these elements in …

Seismic Performance of Masonry-Infilled RC Frames and Its Implications in Design Approach: A Review

S Pokharel, DR Biswal, KK Sahoo… - Practice Periodical on …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Predicting the seismic response of masonry-infilled (MI) RC frames holds immense
importance due to the significant influence of masonry on the structural performance …

Robust calibration of macro-models for the in-plane behavior of masonry infilled RC frames

H Mohamed, X RomÃo - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Masonry-infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames are a widely adopted building system.
Although usually disregarded in design, masonry infills are known to affect the behavior of …

A computationally efficient framework for the simulation of the nonlinear seismic performance of infilled RC frame buildings

S Bose, A Stavridis - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This study proposes a novel approach for the computationally efficient numerical modeling
of the nonlinear seismic response of entire buildings with infilled RC frames. The proposed …

Modeling of the lateral stiffness of masonry infilled steel moment-resisting frames

ME Lemonis, PG Asteris, DG Zitouniatis… - … and Mechanics, An Int'l …, 2019 - dbpia.co.kr
This paper presents an analytical model for the estimation of initial lateral stiffness of steel
moment resisting frames with masonry infills. However, rather than focusing on the single …

An extended multiple-strut model to estimate infill effects on multi-storey steel frames with different connection rigidities

MR Pashaie, M Mohammadi - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The experiences of previous earthquakes highlight the necessity of modelling infills in the
analysis of structures. In the 2017 Sarepol-e-Zahab earthquake, infills were the cause of …

A simplified approach to simulate in-plane lateral response of reinforced concrete frames with masonry infills

MA Sheikh, M Kumar, R Ghosh - Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
For seismic design or performance assessment, reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings
with masonry infills are often modeled using strut-cum-masonry constitutive models. A …

[HTML][HTML] Lateral load response of semi-interlocking mortarless masonry-infilled frames

S Dorji, H Derakhshan, DP Thambiratnam… - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Structural frames infilled with masonry material called masonry-infilled frames (MIFs) are
common types of constructions around the world. These structures generally have mortared …

A simple infill frame with macro element masonry model for the in-plane performance of infill walls

MT Islam, S Noor-E-Khuda, T Saito - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the factors those influence the in-plane structural behavior of masonry
infill frames when exposed to seismic loading. The assessment is carried out using an infill …