The structure with infills experienced drift ratios of up to about 5% without signs of catastrophic collapse, and retained a reasonable energy dissipation capacity after the walls reached their maximum strength.
Generally, frame structures with infill masonry have an increase in stiffness and strength and a different cyclic behaviour.
The final goal is a better understanding of the seismic behavior of timber-framed structures with infill to help at modeling such structures and predicting their seismic vulnerability.
These results demonstrate the seismic-resistant behavior of timber-framed structures with infill and constitute a key issue for the promotion of such constructions in developing countries.
The influence of the exterior joints capacity deterioration on the local and global failure mechanisms of reinforced concrete structures with infills is investigated.
It is concluded that in the near future, by using this easy to apply technique, most RC structures with brick infill walls can be strengthened against earthquakes without discomforting the people within the structure, or at least more safety can be provided.
Failure mechanisms of totally and partly infilled structures are compared by considering three structural models: (i) bare structure with nonstructural MIs; (ii) infilled structure with in-elevation uniform distribution of structural MIs; (iii) infilled structure with in-elevation uneven distribution of structural MIs.
This study investigates the seismic response and failure mechanisms of infilled RC-frame structures with five different infill configurations: (1) full infills, (2) 2/3-storey-height infills, (3) a soft first storey, (4) infills with window openings and (5) infills with door openings.
A beam structure composed of CFRP box with infill concrete is studied for an application under transverse and axial loads.
It was shown that noticeable changes may occur in seismic performance (e.g., experienced damage state, energy dissipation, etc.,) of the same structure with different arrangements of the infill walls.
The interpreted resistivity model under the Main Pyramid displayed a highly resistive structure towards its northern face that could be associated with infill.
