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Study of Simultaneous Inter-Storey Drift IP and OoP Loads on RC Frames with and without Infill Walls and Openings by a Variating Angle

Within the literature, no examples of equations were found that account for out-of-plane inter-storey drift force resistance, nor any that tested RC frames under them. Moreover, no studies were even done that combined in-plane forces. Consequently, this paper presents an equation development for estimating the resistance of RC frames containing infill walls with and without openings subjected to simultaneous IP and OoP loading. The equations were derived from data obtained from 3D high fidelity finite-element micromodels calibrated against a series of small- and large-scale experimental tests. An estimation of resistance is done by obtaining a coefficient based on the opening area and the angle of the resultant in-plane and out- of-plane load and multiplying it with the in-plane load-bearing capacity of a bare frame. The derived equation showed a good correlation with the computational data.

in-plane ; out-of-plane ; simultaneous load ; RC frame ; infill wall ; openings ; resistance estimation

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