Analysis of Masonry Infilled R.C.Frame with & without Opening Including Soft Storey by using “Equivalent Diagonal Strut Method”
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Infilled frame structures are commonly used in buildings. Masonry infilled RC frames are the most common type of structures used for multi-storeyed constructions in the developing countries, even in those which are located in seismically active regions also. Masonry infill walls are mainly used to increase initial stiffness and strength of reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings. In the present study, it is attempt to highlights the performance of masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames including open first storey of with and without opening. This opening is express in terms of various percentages here, in this paper, symmetrical frame of college building (G+5) located in seismic zone-III is considered by modelling of initial frame.According to FEMA-273, & ATC-40 which contain the provisions of calculation of stiffness of infilled frames by modelling infill as“Equivalent diagonal strut method”. This analysis is to be carried out on the models such as bare frame, strut frame, strut frame with 15% centre &corner opening, which is performed by using computer software STAAD-Pro from which different parameters are computed. In which it shows that infill panels increase the stiffness of the structure.
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