Empirical‐based out‐of‐plane URM infill wall model accounting for the interaction with in‐plane demand

P Ricci, M Di Domenico… - … Engineering & Structural …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The role of masonry infills in the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete buildings has been
widely studied in terms of their strength and stiffness contribution in the in‐plane (IP) …

Experimental evaluation of out-of-plane capacity of masonry infill walls

A Furtado, H Rodrigues, A Arêde, H Varum - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Infill masonry (IM) walls are considered to be non-structural elements but, when subjected to
earthquakes, they tend to interact with the surrounding RC (reinforced concrete) frames …

Recent findings and open issues concerning the seismic behaviour of masonry infill walls in RC buildings

A Furtado, M Teresa de Risi - Advances in Civil Engineering, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The extension of the damages observed after the last major earthquakes shows that the
seismic risk mitigation of infilled reinforced concrete structures is a paramount topic in …

The effect of masonry infills on the seismic response of a four-storey reinforced concrete frame—a deterministic assessment

M Dolšek, P Fajfar - Engineering Structures, 2008 - Elsevier
The effect of masonry infills on the seismic response of a four-storey reinforced concrete
frame has been studied using the N2 method. The method is based on pushover analysis …

A displacement-based approach for vulnerability evaluation of classes of buildings

GM Calvi - Journal of earthquake Engineering, 1999 - World Scientific
An approach for the evaluation of the vulnerability of classes of buildings is presented. The
method is derived from concepts developed for the detailed analysis of existing buildings …

Simplified macro‐model for infill masonry walls considering the out‐of‐plane behaviour

A Furtado, H Rodrigues, A Arêde… - … Engineering & Structural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
One of the main challenges in earthquake risk mitigation is the assessment of existing
buildings not designed according to modern codes and the development of effective …

A new analytical procedure for the derivation of displacement-based vulnerability curves for populations of RC structures

T Rossetto, A Elnashai - Engineering structures, 2005 - Elsevier
A new procedure is proposed for the derivation of analytical displacement-based
vulnerability curves for the seismic assessment of populations of reinforced concrete …

The structural role played by masonry infills on RC building performances after the 2011 Lorca, Spain, earthquake

F De Luca, GM Verderame, F Gómez-Martínez… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2014 - Springer
On May 11, 2011 an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 (M_ w M w) struck Murcia region causing
nine casualties and damage to buildings and infrastructures. Even if the main characteristics …

Simplified non‐linear seismic analysis of infilled reinforced concrete frames

M Dolšek, P Fajfar - Earthquake engineering & structural …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The N2 method for simplified non‐linear seismic analysis has been extended in order to
make it applicable to infilled reinforced concrete frames. Compared to the simple basic …

The sensitivity of seismic response parameters to the uncertain modelling variables of masonry-infilled reinforced concrete frames

D Celarec, P Ricci, M Dolšek - Engineering Structures, 2012 - Elsevier
The sensitivity of the seismic response parameters to the uncertain modelling variables of
the infills and frame of four infilled reinforced concrete frames was investigated using a …