3th WCSET-2014 at Nepal
Keynote Session:
Title:
Earthquake Response Characteristics of Masonry Infill
Panels
Authors:
Katta Venkataramana
Abstract:
Reinforced Concrete framed structures with Un-Reinforced
Masonry (URM) infill panels are common worldwide. The
URM panels are considered as non-structural members of
the structure, which is fairly good assumption under
gravity loads. However, it is not so under lateral
forces. Under seismic loads, there will be significant
stiffness additions, since infill panels modify the
behavior of the structure significantly. A study was
taken up to investigate the dynamic performance of
reinforced concrete frames with and without (URM) infill
panels. The details of the study are presented in this
paper.
Keywords: Infill,
modal analysis, gravity loads, seismic
Pages:
025-030