Influence of infill walls on earthquake behaviour of multi-storey rc buildings

ABSTRACTMSc THESISINFLUENCE OF INFILL WALLS ON EARTHQUAKEBEHAVIOUR OF MULTI-STOREY RC BUILDINGSEdiz DÜNDARDEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERINGINSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCESUNIVERSITY OF ÇUKUROVASupervisor : Prof.Dr. Kamil TANRIKULUYear : 2006 Page : 169Jury : Prof.Dr. A. Kamil TANRIKULU: Prof.Dr. Cengiz DÜNDAR: Asst. Prof. Dr. Seren GÜVENIn this study, the effects of the infill walls on earthquake behaviour ofreinforced concrete buildings have been investigated. For this purpose, at first planarframe models have been considered. Finite Elements and Multiple Strut Models wereused for infill walls and the models have been analyzed by SAP2000 softwarepackage and the obtained results were compared with the experimental resultsavailable in literature. After determining the most convenient model for infill walls,structures having 2 and 7 storey with infill walls and without infill walls have beenanalyzed under earthquake loads and designed according to ACI 318-99. Finally theresults were compared.Keywords: infill walls, infilled RC frame, finite element modeling, equivalent multiplestrut modelingII