The Behavior of Infill Walls in RC Frames Under Combined Bidirectional Loading
JOURNAL OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, vol.20, no.4, pp.559-586, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 20 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.1080/13632469.2015.1104748
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.559-586
- Keywords: 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
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
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.