It is now widely recognized that the masonry infill frame used in reinforced concrete structures (RC) greatly enhances both rigidity and strength of surrounding frame. The lateral loading behavior this RC different from without infill, although structural contribution walls discarded many countries, including Algeria. This paper aims to focus on effect openings changing distribution panels glob...

Carrier multiplication-the generation of multiple electron-hole pairs by a single photon-is currently of great interest for the development of highly efficient photovoltaics. We study the effects of infilling PbSe quantum-dot solids with metal oxides by atomic layer deposition on carrier multiplication. Using time-resolved microwave conductivity measurements, we find, for the first time, that c...

This article contains information related to a recent study "Performance-based interpretation of in-plane cyclic tests on RC frames with strong masonry infills" (Morandi et al., 2017 [1]). Motivated by the necessity to improve the knowledge of the in-plane seismic response of rigid strong masonry infills, a wide experimental campaign based on in-plane cyclic tests on full-scale RC infilled fram...

This study proposes a novel approach for the computationally efficient numerical modeling of nonlinear seismic response entire buildings with infilled RC frames. The proposed framework can be particularly helpful multiple stories and complex layouts, which current methods cumbersome to implement, or inaccurate. combines force-vs.-displacement every bay building obtain envelop curves floor along...

This paper presents first a valid, fully non-linear 2-D numerical model that can capture realistically the in-plane hysteretic behaviour of reinforced concrete (R/C) frames with masonry infills when they are subjected to combined vertical and cyclic horizontal loads in order to predict their post-elastic earthquake bahaviour. The effectiveness of this simulation was validated by comparing the n...

In the present paper, an integrated intervention system applicable to concrete-framed buildings is presented. The purpose of improve both seismic and energetic behaviour such using cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. Two alternative configurations with different levels invasiveness are described. Considering a double-wythe masonry-infilled frame, most invasive configuration consists in replace...

Abstract In the last decades, several studies have been developed regarding structures composed by frames infilled with masonry walls, proving increase of lateral stiffness infill. this work, an analysis was carried out, based on design codes which adopt equivalent diagonal strut method, to compare theoretical results experimental ones tests performed steel concrete block masonry. Two three ass...