NUMERICAL MODELING OF PERFORATED INFILL WALLS IN RC FRAME STRUCTURES
| Author(s) | : | Imad Said, Muhammad Rashid, Fasih Ahmad Khan |
| Institution | : | Undergraduate Student, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar Pakistan. |
| Published In | : | Vol. 7, Issue 6 — June 2020 |
| Page No. | : | 91-99 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Usually the masonry Infill walls are not considered in the design of the structures, butduring lateral loads it affect the structural performance significantly. Experiences from the pastearthquakes studies have shown the undesired damage in structures, like soft story mechanism,torsional failure and short column phenomena. Due to these complexities, and seismic evaluationperformance, numerical modeling becomes necessary. However for numerical simulation of theseinfill walls, different modeling techniques can be used. The infill walls are modeled as a diagonalstrut element and as a link element. Both of the models were analyzed in SAP2000, and obtainedthe Pushover/ backbone curve. The strut element results are compared with the compression linkelement modeling approach, and this was observed that these results were very closely coincidingin terms of base shear- roof displacement curve at each story level.
Imad Said, Muhammad Rashid, Fasih Ahmad Khan, “NUMERICAL MODELING OF PERFORATED INFILL WALLS IN RC FRAME STRUCTURES”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 7, Issue 6, pp. 91-99, June 2020.
