Modelling of masonry infilled RC frames subjected to cyclic loads: State of the art review and modelling with OpenSees

NM Noh, L Liberatore, F Mollaioli, S Tesfamariam - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Reinforced concrete frames with unreinforced masonry infill walls represent a widely
adopted building system. During seismic events, infill walls, usually considered as non …

Mathematical micromodeling of infilled frames: state of the art

PG Asteris, DM Cotsovos, CZ Chrysostomou… - Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
The in-plane contribution of infill walls on the structural response of infilled frame structures
is an important problem and many research initiatives, via experimental and numerical …

Soft computing-based models for the prediction of masonry compressive strength

PG Asteris, PB Lourenço, M Hajihassani… - Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Masonry is a building material that has been used in the last 10.000 years and remains
competitive today for the building industry. The compressive strength of masonry is used in …

Cyclic response of masonry infilled RC frames: Experimental results and simplified modeling

L Cavaleri, F Di Trapani - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
The recent large interest in nonlinear seismic analysis methods, static and dynamic, has
required proper strategies of modeling based on reliable, and at the same time easy to use …

Experimental evaluation of out-of-plane capacity of masonry infill walls

A Furtado, H Rodrigues, A Arêde, H Varum - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Infill masonry (IM) walls are considered to be non-structural elements but, when subjected to
earthquakes, they tend to interact with the surrounding RC (reinforced concrete) frames …

Simplified macro‐model for infill masonry walls considering the out‐of‐plane behaviour

A Furtado, H Rodrigues, A Arêde… - … Engineering & Structural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
One of the main challenges in earthquake risk mitigation is the assessment of existing
buildings not designed according to modern codes and the development of effective …

In-plane behaviour and damage assessment of masonry infills with hollow clay bricks in RC frames

MT De Risi, C Del Gaudio, P Ricci… - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings with clay masonry infills are a very common structural
typology worldwide for civil, strategic or productive use. Damage to infills may cause danger …

A macro-modelling approach for the analysis of infilled frame structures considering the effects of openings and vertical loads

PG Asteris, L Cavaleri, F Di Trapani… - Structure and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
During the last decades, several macro-models have been proposed for the modelling of the
infill panels' contribution to the lateral strength of frames. Despite all this effort, a robust …

Prediction of the fundamental period of infilled RC frame structures using artificial neural networks

PG Asteris, AK Tsaris, L Cavaleri… - Computational …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The fundamental period is one of the most critical parameters for the seismic design of
structures. There are several literature approaches for its estimation which often conflict with …

A macro-element modelling approach of Infilled Frame Structures

I Caliò, B Pantò - Computers & Structures, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper a macro-modelling approach for the seismic assessment of Infilled Frame
Structures (IFS) is presented. The interaction between frame and infill is simulated through …