Influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic responses of building structures to earthquake ground excitations

In analysis and design of structures to earthquake ground excitations, often only mass of the infilled masonrywalls are considered.Their stiffness and strength are neglected or only approximately considered by using equivalent brace elements. A number of empirical relations proposed by different res...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hao, Hong
Other Authors: Samali, Bijan
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4058
_version_ 1848744407805722624
author Hao, Hong
author2 Samali, Bijan
author_facet Samali, Bijan
Hao, Hong
author_sort Hao, Hong
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description In analysis and design of structures to earthquake ground excitations, often only mass of the infilled masonrywalls are considered.Their stiffness and strength are neglected or only approximately considered by using equivalent brace elements. A number of empirical relations proposed by different researchers are available in the literature to derive the equivalent brace elements of infilled masonry walls. These empirical relations differ from each other. In this study, both experimental tests and numerical simulations are carried out to investigate the influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic response and damage of RC frame structures to earthquake ground motions. The experimental test results will be used to calibrate the numerical models of RC frames with or without masonry infill. The calibrated numerical models are then used to perform a series of simulations of RC frames without or with masonry infill. The results are compared with those derived using equivalent brace members. The empirical formula of defining the equivalent brace members that leads to the best predictions of RC frame structures with masonry infill to earthquake ground excitations is identified.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T06:00:59Z
format Conference Paper
id curtin-20.500.11937-4058
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T06:00:59Z
publishDate 2013
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-40582023-02-07T08:01:23Z Influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic responses of building structures to earthquake ground excitations Hao, Hong Samali, Bijan Attard, Mario M. Song, Chongmin In analysis and design of structures to earthquake ground excitations, often only mass of the infilled masonrywalls are considered.Their stiffness and strength are neglected or only approximately considered by using equivalent brace elements. A number of empirical relations proposed by different researchers are available in the literature to derive the equivalent brace elements of infilled masonry walls. These empirical relations differ from each other. In this study, both experimental tests and numerical simulations are carried out to investigate the influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic response and damage of RC frame structures to earthquake ground motions. The experimental test results will be used to calibrate the numerical models of RC frames with or without masonry infill. The calibrated numerical models are then used to perform a series of simulations of RC frames without or with masonry infill. The results are compared with those derived using equivalent brace members. The empirical formula of defining the equivalent brace members that leads to the best predictions of RC frame structures with masonry infill to earthquake ground excitations is identified. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4058 10.1201/b15320-77 Taylor & Francis Group restricted
spellingShingle Hao, Hong
Influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic responses of building structures to earthquake ground excitations
title Influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic responses of building structures to earthquake ground excitations
title_full Influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic responses of building structures to earthquake ground excitations
title_fullStr Influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic responses of building structures to earthquake ground excitations
title_full_unstemmed Influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic responses of building structures to earthquake ground excitations
title_short Influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic responses of building structures to earthquake ground excitations
title_sort influence of infilled masonry wall on vibration properties and dynamic responses of building structures to earthquake ground excitations
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4058