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

T Nicola, C Leandro, C Guido… - Earthquakes and structures, 2015 - koreascience.kr
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 …

Performance-based interpretation of in-plane cyclic tests on RC frames with strong masonry infills

P Morandi, S Hak, G Magenes - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
In line with the current European building practice, clay masonry infills are commonly
adopted for the construction of enclosures and partitions in RC frame structures. In order to …

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 …

[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 …

Strength and stiffness reduction factors for infilled frames with openings

LD Decanini, L Liberatore, F Mollaioli - Earthquake Engineering and …, 2014 - Springer
Framed structures are usually infilled with masonry walls. They may cause a significant
increase in both stiffness and strength, reducing the deformation demand and increasing the …

Multi-strut macro-model for masonry infilled frames with openings

M Yekrangnia, PG Asteris - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to propose a multi-strut macro-model, capable of simulating the overall force-
displacement behaviour of infilled frames with various opening configurations. For this …

Simulation of seismic collapse in nonductile reinforced concrete frame buildings with masonry infills

H Burton, G Deierlein - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
Improved analysis methods and guidelines are presented to simulate the seismic collapse of
nonductile concrete frame buildings with masonry infills. The analysis tools include an …

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 …

Masonry infills and RC frames interaction: literature overview and state of the art of macromodeling approach

F Di Trapani, G Macaluso, L Cavaleri… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The issue of the influence of masonry infills within RC frames structures has been widely
investigated in the last decades by several researchers. The large interest addressed to this …