Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (NLFEA) of the inelastic behaviour of RC walls are often carried out for uni-directional (in-plane) horizontal cyclic loading. In this paper the behaviour of RC walls with different crosssections (T-shaped and U-shaped) subjected to bi-directional (in-plane and out-of-plane) loading is simulated by means of NLFEA. They are carried out with the software DIANA, u...

The current Eurocode 8 belongs to one of the most advanced international seismic design codes. This leading edge should be maintained in future revisions of the code while the code should become as user friendly as possible. This article makes several proposals in which way the reinforced concrete wall sections in future versions of the Eurocode can be extended in its scope but simplified in it...

In recent decades, the dual systems of steel moment-resisting frames and RC shear walls have found extensive application as lateral load-resisting systems for high-rise structures in seismically active areas. This paper investigated the effectiveness of tuned mass damper (TMD), viscous damper, friction damper, and the lead-core rubber bearing in controlling the damage and seismic response of hi...

2014 Statistical properties of sequences of solar radiation data, and RC properties of buildings suggest that, the fraction of the thermal load covered by solar passive elements can be expressed by simple analytical functions, which asymptotic behaviour is determined by the physical properties of the system. We analyse the asymptotic properties of these functions. We, then, determine their expl...

The use of buckling restrained braces (BRBs) represents one the best solutions for retrofitting or upgrading numerous existing reinforced concrete framed buildings in areas with a high seismic hazard. This study investigates effectiveness BRBs retrofit (RC) masonry infills. For this purpose, an advanced non-linear three-dimensional model building L'Aquila is developed OpenSees, by accounting ef...

This paper presents a procedure to design reinforced concrete (RC) buildings achieve an acceptable target level of earthquake-induced loss (e.g., deaths, dollars, downtime) under site-specific hazard profile. The is called “direct” since the specified at first step process, and virtually no iteration required. based on simplified assessment involving surrogate model for seismic demand (i.e., pr...

The primary focus of this study is to evaluate the nonlinear response reinforced concrete (RC) frames with two types brick infills viz., unreinforced masonry infill (URM) and semi-interlocked (SIM) together lintel beams, subjected seismic loads. quantified in terms reduction factor base shear. Infill walls are modeled using double strut cyclic element. Nonlinear static adaptive pushover analysi...

In this paper, lateral loading tests were conducted on a full-scale RC partial wall with shear span ratio of 0.5, and the relationship between area concrete spalling or loss chord rotation was derived from test results. Furthermore, pre-trained DNN model fine-tuned to generate detector that can accurately detect measure painted surface walls. Finally, it confirmed both them be used evaluate exp...

This paper proposes a method of flexural analysis for structural performance evaluation the RC secondary flat walls without wall vertical rebar anchorage. An idealized deformation model restrained axial elongation was also proposed and applied to analysis. Consequently, results from had good agreements with experimental results, which identified failure mode in flexure tested specimens. Further...