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A Study on Pushover Analysis of Frame Structure Infilled with Low-Rise Reinforced Concrete Wall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2011

M. -C. Lai  and
Y. -C. Sung
M. -C. Lai*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 10608, R.O.C.
Y. -C. Sung*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 10608, R.O.C.
*
* Graduate student
** Associate Professor, corresponding author
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Abstract

This paper focused on the pushover analysis of a frame structure infilled with low-rise reinforced concrete (RC) wall. The softening model of concrete as well as the elastoplastic model of reinforcement was considered in the analysis associated with the equilibrium and compatibility conditions. Accordingly, the shear load-deformation relationship of the wall subjected to monotonic lateral load can be analyzed through the proposed analysis procedure. Based on the relationship obtained, we employed a single equivalent structural strut represented by a nonlinear axial member, acting in the diagonal direction of the frame, in simulating the infilled RC wall to simplify the framed wall model. As a result, the sequential pushover analysis of the whole structure could be performed easily and efficiently based on the realistic procedure proposed.

To validate the proposed approach, reported results from the cyclic loading tests of fifteen specimens were adopted for the correlation. Based on the correlation, it is found that this study can provide an acceptable result of the pushover analysis and give an insight into progressive failure consequence of the framed wall structure. The proposed procedure simplifying the structural model helps the practical engineers get a higher efficiency while performing seismic evaluation and retrofit design of the high-redundancy frame structure with numerous infilled low-rise RC walls.

Keywords

Fixed angle softened modelMohr circleEquivalent diagonal structural strut
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , December 2008 , pp. 437 - 449
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2008

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