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MASONRY INFILL ON SHEAR WALL AREA TO FLOOR
AREA RATIO IN MID RISE RC STRUCTURES
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ABSTRACT ANALYTICAL MODELS REFERENCES

Generally, the shear wall in a RC frame structure increase the flexibility,
but the presence of infill makes it difficult to predict the overall
behavior. Infill and shear walls together provide greater stiffness and
increase the lateral strength of the structure.
In this study, non-linear modelling of midrise structural frames including
shear wall and masonry infill could be carried out. Non-linear static
analysis may also be performed considering various shear wall to floor
area ratio between 0% to 0.82%, to study the seismic behavior of the
structure due different lateral loads applied on the structure. From the 5 STOREY
8 STOREY
pushover analysis results, it was observed that, for shear wall ratio of
0.4%, the displacement and time periods of the structure was found to
be constant for zone 3 and zone 5 criteria designed as per Indian
standard code provisions.
OBJECTIVES
 To determine the interaction between infill and shear wall
frame.
TIME PERIOD (Sec)
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SHEAR WALL RATIO (%)

From the pushover analysis results, it was observed that, for shear wall ratio
of 0.4%, the displacement and time periods of the structure was found to be
constant. Shear wall area to floor area ratio between 0.3% to 0.7% has
shown elastic behaviour of RC structures with uniform drift profile and
constant displacement. Ms. V.N.L.S.A.P.Aishwarya Ms. V.manasa Dr. I.Yamini Sreevalli