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Computers and Concrete
  Volume 13, Number 6, June 2014 , pages 749-764
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2014.13.6.749
 


Effect of brick infill panel on the seismic safety of reinforced concrete frames under progressive collapse
HamidrezaTavakoli and Soodeh Akbarpoor

 
Abstract
    Structural safety has always been a key preoccupation for engineers responsible for the design of civil engineering projects. One of the mechanisms of structural failure, which has gathered increasing attention over the past few decades, is referred to as \'progressive collapse\' which happens when one or several structural members suddenly fail, whatever the cause (accident, attack, seismic loading(.Any weakness in design or construction of structuralelements can inducethe progressive collapse in structures, during seismic loading. Masonry infill panels have significant influence on structureresponseagainst the lateral load. Therefore in this paper, seismic performance and shear strength of R.C frameswith brick infill panel under various lateral loading patterns are investigated. This evaluation is performed by nonlinear static analysis. The results provided important information for additional design guidance on seismic safety of RC frames with brick infill panel under progressive collapse.
 
Key Words
    progressive collapse;brick infill panel;Lateral loading;seismic performance; shear strength
 
Address
HamidrezaTavakoli: Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, BabolNoshirvani University of Technology, Iran

Soodeh Akbarpoor: Structure Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science& Technology, Iran
 

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