The Behavior of Infill Walls in RC Frames Under Combined Bidirectional Loading. Issue 4 (18th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Misir, Ibrahim Serkan; Ozcelik, Ozgur; Girgin, Sadik Can; Yucel, Umut
• Is Part Of: Journal of earthquake engineering. Volume 20:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 559
• Page End: 586
• Publication Date: 2016-05-18
• Subjects: Reinforced Concrete Infilled Frames -- Double-Leaf Wall With Z Ties -- Cyclic In-Plane Loading -- Simultaneous Out-Of-Plane Loading -- Bidirectional Loading -- Experimental Methods -- Earthquake Engineering; Earthquake engineering -- Periodicals; 624.1762
• DOI: 10.1080/13632469.2015.1104748
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1363-2469

Abstract

Abstract : Large-scale reinforced concrete frames with five different infill conditions, namely three single-leaf, two double-leaf walls with and without Z-ties, and a bare frame were tested. Under progressively increased in-plane actions, as the main aspect the behavior of walls under simultaneously acting monotonic out-of-plane loads was investigated. All infill walls have doubled the initial stiffness and energy absorption capacity of the frames, and the ultimate strength has increased about 50%. Z-ties have helped the double-leaf wall to maintain its integrity up to higher inter-story drift levels, and improve the out-of-plane stability of the wall.