Review Article
Recent Findings and Open Issues concerning the Seismic Behaviour of Masonry Infill Walls in RC Buildings
Table 2
Literature review of OOP experimental tests of masonry infill walls.
| Author | Number of tests | Loading approach | Masonry unit | Variables under study |
| Dawe and Seah [76] | 8 | Airbags | VHCB | Horizontal connections with reinforcement | Slenderness | Openings | Boundary conditions | Frederiksen [95] | 15 | Airbags | HCHB | Boundary conditions | SCB | Angel et al. [13] | 13 | Airbags | HCHB | Masonry unit | VHCB | IP + OOP | Calvi and Bolognini [33] | 9 | Airbags | HCHB | IP + OOP | Bed joint reinforcement | Meshes | Lunn and Rizkalla [96] | 14 | Airbags | CSB | Strengthening strategies | Varela-Rivera et al. [97] | 6 | Airbags | VHCB | Boundary condition | Pereira et al. [51] | 7 | Airbags | HCHB | Bed joint reinforcement | Plaster | Guidi et al. [98] | 6 | 4 points load | HCHB | Slenderness | Strengthening strategies | Hak et al. [82] | 5 | 4 points load | VCHB | Strong infills | da Porto et al. [83] | 8 | 4 points load | HCHB | Strengthening mortars | Moreno-Herrera et al. [99] | 8 | Airbags | VHCB | | SCB | Masonry unit | VCHB | Aspect ratio | Akhoundi et al. [100] | 3 | Airbags | HCHB | Workmanship | Opening | Furtado et al. [84] | 3 | Airbags | HCHB | Gravity load | IP-OOP | Furtado et al. [101] | 2 | Airbags | HCHB | Panel width support | Gravity load | Di Domenico et al. [14] | 3 | 4 points load | HCHB | Boundary conditions | Ricci et al. [12] | 3 | 4 points load | HCHB | IP-OOP | Ricci et al. [102] | 3 | 4 points load | HCHB | IP-OOP | Slenderness | De Risi et al. [71] | 4 | 4 points load | HCHB | Aspect ratio | Butenweg et al. [103] | 4 | Airbag | VHCB | IP-OOP |
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VHCB: vertical hollow concrete block; SB: solid brick; CSB: concrete solid brick; HCHB: hollow clay horizontal brick.
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