Numerical Modelling Research
OpenSees and Infill Masonry Walls

Infilled frames are usually considered in the global building response according to simplified procedures without taking into account the particular aspects resulting from the interaction between the panel and the frame. Other aspects, such as adequate design of the floor beams and the beam-columns joints, and control of potential sliding shear failure of the columns, should be also considered.
Numerical modelling work on the influence of infill masonry panels in the seismic behaviour of RC ductile frames. A refined-model will be used for a parametric study of a infilled frame, calibrated with experimental work. Moreover, a simplified numerical model will be created and develop to account in-plane and out-of-plane interactions with development of an API element to be implemented on the open-source software OpenSees.


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