This paper reviews the current seismic design procedures for reinforced concrete buildings
in Australia, with direct reference to the Australian earthquake loading code, AS 1170.4 and …

Interlocking brick masonry has gained much attention due to its high construction efficiency
and low labour skill requirement. Most designs of interlocking bricks only use interlocking …

This research investigates the plastic hinge length in lightly reinforced rectangular walls
typically found in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity. Poor performance has been …

Mortarless interlocking brick walls are a new form of masonry structures that can be
efficiently constructed. In this study, a detailed numerical model of an interlocking brick wall …

Shear lag effects can significantly reduce the moment capacity of nonrectangular reinforced
concrete walls. Although this phenomenon is recognized as an important component in the …

This research investigates the equivalent plastic hinge length of reinforced concrete C-
shaped walls with reinforcement detailing typically found in low-to-moderate seismic …

Poor performance of lightly reinforced and unconfined concrete structural walls have been
observed in recent earthquake events. This research investigates the displacement capacity …

This research investigates the development of analytical fragility functions for reinforced
concrete shear wall buildings in Australia. A building stock for the city of Melbourne is used …

Observations of poor performance of reinforced concrete walls in recent earthquake events
have been associated with a light amount of longitudinal reinforcement. In particular, single …

Reinforced concrete (RC) walls subject to in-plane lateral loads are essentially subject to
axial compression and tension forces in the respective end regions of the wall. The tension …