Seismic fragility of reinforced concrete buildings with masonry infills

Abstract

Masonry infilled MI reinforced concrete RC buildings are commonly constructed in many places across the world Infills contribute large lateral strength and stiffness to the building but their influence on the lateral load behavior during a seismic event depends greatly on their distribution in the building MI RC frames with an open ground storey OGS is a typical case of irregular distribution of infills along the height of a building frame where infills are provided only in the upper s