Comparative Study of various Infill Walls

Abstract

It was intended to study the Comparative analysis and design of framed structure with different type of infill walls. Due to the lack of well accepted seismic design basis past engineers incline to treat the infill as a non-structural element that is the strength and stiffness characteristics are not considered in the design. Many researchers developed a number a macro-model to include the strength and stiffness parameters but by far, the equivalent diagonal strut model is more popular. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the contribution of infill walls to earthquake response of the Structures. In this study, an attempt is made to do comparative analysis and design of the structure when the structure is modelled using different types of infill walls. In this study, A R/C frame structure with different type of infill walls like AAC Block, Clay Brick, Fly Ash, Concrete block are considered to investigate the effect of different types of infill walls on earthquake response of the structures. The RCC frame analyzed & designed by using STAADPro software. The diagonal strut approach is adopted for modelling of infill walls. The analytical results of the building frame will be compared and analyzed to obtain are, base shear, Lateral displacement, and Seismic weight, quantity of steel, shear force and bending moment when subjected to static earthquake loadings.