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

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1991-2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matjaž Dolšek ◽  
Peter Fajfar
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Seismic Response ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Frame ◽  
Concrete Frame ◽  
Masonry Infills

Discussion of “Elasto-Plastic Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Frame”

1970 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 1246-1250
Author(s):  
James C. Anderson ◽  
Vitelmo V. Bertero ◽  
O. A. Glogau
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Seismic Response ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Frame ◽  
Concrete Frame

Response of Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings to the 2017 Puebla Earthquake

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 1763-1793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Arteta ◽  
Julian Carrillo ◽  
Jorge Archbold ◽  
Daniel Gaspar ◽  
Cesar Pajaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rc Buildings ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Frame ◽  
Infill Walls ◽  
Concrete Frame ◽  
Soft Story ◽  
Masonry Infills ◽  
Rc Frames ◽  
Ductility Capacity

The response of mid-rise reinforced concrete (RC) buildings in Mexico City after the 2017 Puebla Earthquake is assessed through combined field and computational investigation. The Mw 7.1 earthquake damaged more than 500 buildings where most of them are classified as mid-rise RC frames with infill walls. A multinational team from Colombia, Mexico, and the United States was rapidly deployed within a week of the occurrence of the event to investigate the structural and nonstructural damage levels of over 60 RC buildings with 2–12 stories. The results of the study confirmed that older mid-rise structures with limited ductility capacity may have been shaken past their capacity. To elucidate the widespread damage in mid-rise RC framed structures, the post-earthquake reconnaissance effort is complemented with inelastic modeling and simulation of several representative RC framing systems with and without masonry infill walls. It was confirmed that the addition of non-isolated masonry infills significantly impacts the ductility capacity and increases the potential for a soft-story mechanism formation in RC frames originally analyzed and designed to be bare systems.

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