A Project to Investigate the Effect of Masonry Infill on the behavior of the Structure in Aseismic Prone Area
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2019-09
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Kampala International University, School of engineering and applied science, department of civil enginering
Abstract
This project carried out comparative seismic performance of reinforced concrete frames infilled
by masonry walls with different heights. Partial and fully infilled RC frames were modeled for
the research objectives and the analysis model for a bare reinforced concrete frame was
established for comparison. Non-linear static analyses for the studied frames were performed to
investigate their structural behavior under extreme loading conditions and to find out their
collapse mechanism. It was observed from analysis results that the strengths of the partial infilled
RC frames are increased and their ductility is reduced, as infilled masonry walls are higher.
Especially, reinforced concrete frames with a higher partial infilled masonry wall would
experience shear failures. Non-linear dynamic analyses using three earthquake records show that
the bare and fully infilled reinforced concrete frames present stable collapse mechanism while
the reinforced concrete frames with a partially infilled masonry wall collapse in more brittle
manner due to short-column effects
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A Final Year Project Report Submitted to Kampala International University in Partial Fulfillment of the Award of Bachelor of
Science in Civil Engineering
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Effect of Masonry Infill on the Behavior of the Structure in Aseismic Prone Area