Sliding Joint Masonry Infill With Deformable Contact Material: Interaction With the RC Frame and Design Guidelines

Sliding Joint Masonry Infill With Deformable Contact Material: Interaction With the RC Frame and Design Guidelines | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Sliding Joint Masonry Infill With Deformable Contact Material: Interaction With the RC Frame and Design Guidelines Simone Pelucco, Riccardo Milanesi, Paolo Morandi, Valentino Bolis, and 3 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8317905/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract The seismic vulnerability of traditionally constructed masonry infilled frames has been repeatedly highlighted in post-event surveys, as well as by experimental and numerical studies. Infills with sliding joints can improve the seismic response of these structures. The paper describes some design equation derived from a parametric numerical analysis focusing on the interaction between the RC frame and the infill with sliding joints. A previously proposed analytical model, able to predict the lateral strength contribution and the column shear overload due to the infill frame interaction, is here extended to account for the role of a column-to-infill contact material characterized by and elastic response instead of an elastic-plastic one. A well-established finite element modelling approach through detailed Finite Element Modeling (FEM) is adopted and validated with the data from an experimental campaign focusing on ductile masonry infills with sliding joints. The influence of different infill-frame contact material stiffnesses is analysed together with other design parameters, such as the bay length, the masonry properties, the layout of sliding and contact joints. Civil Engineering infill-frame interaction innovative infills ductile infills sliding joints FEM parametric analyses design formulation Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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