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The stress state of masonry infilled panel under different surrounding conditions of contact with the RC frame

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A common building structural formation that is encountered worldwide includes multistory, multi-bay frames with interior infills. Usually, the bays of such frames are infilled with unreinforced masonry panels. These panels were considered as non-structural elements that were not taken into account in the structural design of multistory, multi-bay structures in the old design provisions. It has been revealed after numerous observations of the performance of masonry infills after strong earthquake motions that due to their considerable in-plane stiffness, they interact with the surrounding frame. This interaction may lead to undesirable change in the stress field for the structural elements of the frame structure. In certain cases, this interaction could result in larger, potentially damaging, demands on the frame elements that are often ignored. Currently, several seismic design codes and codes for interventions and enhancements include provisions attempting to consider the interaction of masonry infills with the surrounding frames in an indirect way. Moreover, different analytical and numerical approaches have been proposed by various researchers and regulators to determine the initial stiffness and strength of the masonry infills. However, in the majority of these cases, the influence of the peripheral mortar joint that forms the contact boundary between the masonry infill and the surrounding frame is ignored. The significance of such a contact boundary has been demonstrated by an extensive experimental and numerical investigation conducted at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

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The experimental sequence was partially supported by funds provided by the European Union program “ENVIRONMENT”.

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Soulis, V.J. The stress state of masonry infilled panel under different surrounding conditions of contact with the RC frame. Asian J Civ Eng 20, 807–820 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42107-019-00146-w

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