Nonlinear numerical parametric study of the number and arrangement of dowels connecting the wall to the bounding frame for the seismic strengthening of RC frames with RC infill walls

• Published in: Bulletin of earthquake engineering Vol. 20; no. 8; pp. 3821 - 3862
• Main Authors: Georgiou, Elpida, Kyriakides, Nicholas, Chrysostomou, Christis Z.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bending moments; Civil Engineering; Columns (structural); Concrete; Concrete construction; Connecting; Deformation; Design; Dowels; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Experiments; Finite element method; Forces (mechanics); Frame structures; Geophysics/Geodesy; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Hydrogeology; Infilled frames; Mathematical models; Mechanical properties; Modelling; Nonlinear response; Original Article; Parametric statistics; Redevelopment; Reinforced concrete; Retrofitting; Seismic engineering; Shear; Shear forces; Stiffness; Strengthening; Structural Geology; Two dimensional analysis; Two dimensional models; Walls; RC infill walls; Finite element model; Modelling of dowels; Retrofitting seismic deficient structures; Nonlinear numerical parametric study

The seismic retrofitting of existing multi-storey multi-bay reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings by the conversion of selected bays into new RC infilled walls is the subject of this research work. The contribution of dowels that connect a new RC infill wall to the surrounding existing RC frame m...