Simulation of Seismic Collapse in Nonductile Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings with Masonry Infills

AbstractImproved analysis methods and guidelines are presented to simulate the seismic collapse of nonductile concrete frame buildings with masonry infills. The analysis tools include an inelastic dual-strut model that captures the post-peak behavior of the masonry infill and its interaction with the surrounding frame. The dual compression struts capture the column-infill interaction that can cause shear failure of the columns and loss of their vertical load carrying capacity. A rigid softening shear degradation model is implemented in the beam-column elements to capture the shear failure of nonductile RC columns. Guidelines are presented to determine the strut model parameters based on data from 14 experimental tests on infill frames. The models are applied in three-dimensional nonlinear dynamic analyses of a three-story nonductile concrete frame prototype building with infills. The incremental dynamic analyses technique is utilized to understand the effect of the infill-column interaction and the rockin...

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