Procedures based on composite FEM technology for the resolution of concrete-framed structures with masonry in-fills: comparison with Mexican building code

The construction of confined masonry buildings has become a good choice to meet the housing needs of low-income families inbig cities. Despite this, current building codes for such construction allow the use of highly simplified analysis techniques that have hardlychanged in the last 40 years. This...

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Autores: Escudero Torres, Cuauhtemoc, Oller Martínez, Sergio Horacio|||0000-0002-5203-8903, Martínez García, Javier|||0000-0001-9178-088X, Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro|||0000-0002-3649-8053
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/130508
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/130508
https://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001275
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Masonry--Design and construction
Composite materials
Laminated element
Large reinforced concrete (RC) structures
Masonry structures
Mechanical plane
Mexican building code
Estructures de murs
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures
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Sumario:The construction of confined masonry buildings has become a good choice to meet the housing needs of low-income families inbig cities. Despite this, current building codes for such construction allow the use of highly simplified analysis techniques that have hardlychanged in the last 40 years. This paper is based on numerical simulation and discusses the need to combine and improve existing techniquesin finite-element method (FEM) analysis for composite materials, to assess the overall structural behavior of reinforced concrete structureswith masonry in-fills, and consequently to support the derivation of rational rules for analysis and design. Through the use of a simpleyet powerful shell finite element (FE), state-of-the-art theories of mixtures to analyze composite materials, a computational tool to generatethe volume fraction of composites, and the Mexican building code, this paper attempts to be a guide to numerical reproduction ofthe overall behavior of confined masonry structures.