Seismic protection of RC buildings by polymeric infill wall-frame interface
Authors:
- Ahmet Tugrul Akyildiz,
- Alicja Kowalska-Koczwara,
- Łukasz Hojdys
Abstract
This paper is aimed at investigating the usage of flexible joints in masonry infilled walls surrounded by reinforced concrete (RC) frames. For this purpose, a real-size specimen was numerically created and exposed to the seismic loads. In order to evaluate both in-plane and out-of-plane performances of the infill walls, the system was chosen as a box shaped three-dimensional structure. In total, three different one-story constructions, which have single bays in two perpendicular directions, were modeled. The first type is the bare-frame without the infill walls, which was determined as a reference system. The second and third types of buildings are conventional mortar joint and PolyUrethane Flexible Joint (PUFJ) implemented ones, respectively. The influence of these joints on the material level are investigated in detail. Furthermore, general building dynamic characteristics were extracted by means of acceleration and displacement results as well as frequency domain mode shapes. Analyses revealed that PUFJ implementation on such buildings has promising outcomes and helps to sustain structural stability against the detrimental effects of earthquakes.
- Record ID
- CUT959d0c63381e4ab1aaee65f884e66e2b
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Polymers, ISSN , e-ISSN 2073-4360, Biweekly
- Issue year
- 2021
- Vol
- 13
- No
- 10
- Pages
- [1-26]
- Article number
- 1577
- Other elements of collation
- fot.; rys.; schem.; tab.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 24-26; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 67; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 13, Iss. 10, Spec. Iss.
- Substantive notes
- Special Issue: Structural Reinforced Polymer Composites
- Keywords in English
- polyurethane, flexible joint, RC building, brick infill, concrete damaged plasticity (CDP), earthquake
- DOI
- DOI:10.3390/polym13101577 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/10/1577/htm Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 100
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT959d0c63381e4ab1aaee65f884e66e2b/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT959d0c63381e4ab1aaee65f884e66e2b
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