Appraisal of masonry infill walls effect in the seismic response of RC framed buildings: A case study

Engineering Structures

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 514-526

  Uva, G ^a   Porco, F ^a   Fiore, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Masonry infilled RC buildings; Non linear static analysis; On site testing; Seismic assessment

Indexed keywords

EXISTING BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAILURE MECHANISM; FRAMED STRUCTURE; INFILL WALLS; KNOWLEDGE LEVEL; MASONRY INFILLS; MASONRY WALLS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; N2 METHOD; NON-LINEAR STATIC ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR STATICS; ON-SITE TESTING; PARTIAL SAFETY FACTOR; RC BUILDINGS; RC ELEMENTS; RC FRAMES; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SEISMIC ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC RISK; SOUTHERN ITALY; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; VERTICAL LOAD;

BUILDINGS; MASONRY MATERIALS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RATING; SAFETY FACTOR; SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; INFILL; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; WALL;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 81155127564     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.08.043     Document Type: Article

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