This study carried out comparative seismic performance of reinforced concrete frames infilled by masonry walls with different heights. Partial and fully infilled reinforced concrete frames were modeled for the research objectives and the analysis model for a bare reinforced concrete frame was also established for comparison. Non–linear static analyses for the studied frames were performed to in...

Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect fire-damaged areas associated with wall width on axial strength reinforced concrete (RC) walls. Toward that goal, Finite Element (FE) models RC walls in real scale are generated various widths (600, 1500, and 3000) mm number heated surfaces such as half-surface, single-surface double-surfaces. For analyses, experiments used obtain ...

When designed to the seismic load effects, reinforced concrete walls connected by slabs without coupling beams are usually considered cantilever walls. Several recent studies indicated that themselves could provide strong in some cases, and respond differently from To study slab-to-wall piers interaction, a shake table test of half-scale three-story specimen was conducted within HORIZON 2020 SE...

Reinforced concrete (RC) frames are commonly built together with shear walls. In high seismicity regions, constructing walls along the frame’s height is proven ineffective. Thus, in numerous studies, using at a certain beneficial, and this kind of structure popularly known as curtailed However, area above could suffer significant deformation under seismic load upgrading performance those upper ...

This paper documents performance of cast-in-place reinforced concrete (RC) buildings in the Durrës municipality during Albania earthquake November 26, 2019 (MW 6.4). Both mid- and high-rise RC were affected by earthquake, experiencing structural and/or non-structural damage even collapse some cases. The authors performed a reconnaissance study after involved seismic assessment area. Besides obs...

The primary objective is to present the most representative types of damage observed in reinforced concrete (RC) structures due earthquakes. Those damages are divided according ten types. Examples and main reasons that could trigger each failure mechanism presented. definition these supported by post-earthquake reconnaissance missions Sichuan (China) 2008, L’Aquila (Italy) 2009, Lorca (Spain) 2...