During major earthquakes, existing buildings have collapsed or suffered serious damage, resulting in number of losses, severe injuries, and deaths. Based on literature, the influence this work reviewed effects interface with different materials also to find how infilled frames behave framed structure. This study's primary goal is strengthen RC-framed structures increase ductility by using mater...

Masonry infill walls are among the most vulnerable components of reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures. Recently, some techniques for enhancing performance infills have been proposed, aiming at improving both global and local behaviour infilled structure. Among promising ones, there those that aim to decouple or reduce infill-frame interaction by means flexible sliding joints, relying respe...

Natural rock joints infilled with soil materials may show a reduced shear strength, which influences rock mass stability. The aim of this paper is to experimentally investigate the shear behaviour of infilled rock joints, taking into account joint surface characteristics and the properties of the joint and infill materials. A new model for predicting the shear strength of infilled joints is pre...