Analytical Study of Infill Brick Masonry Wall with Opening under In-Plane Lateral Load

Abstract

The effort of this research is focused on the study of brick masonry wall in reinforced concrete frame structure. The main objective of the study is to get the analytical behavior of models in static lateral load case. Five samples of infill frame and three samples of masonry panel wall without RC frame were prepared and studied numerically under lateral static load. The effect of opening size and stiffness of infill relative to the frame were studied in terms of lateral stiffness, rotational stiffness etc. It is observed that effect of opening size have large influence on the overall response of infill. The lateral stiffness of masonry panel is drastically improved if it bounded by reinforced concrete frame.