Research Article

Irregularity Effects of Masonry Infills on Nonlinear Seismic Behaviour of RC Buildings

Table 2

Capacity of Peak Ground Acceleration (PGALS) at Life Safety (LS) Limit State.

Case studyUniform distributionFirst mode distribution
Infill frame modelBare frame model with EC8 measures for infilled framesInfill frame modelBare frame model with EC8 measures for infilled frames

A0.7300.6650.5320.523
B0.4560.3720.3380.282
C0.1900.6650.5200.523
D0.6770.3720.4080.282
E0.6380.6650.5400.523
F0.6150.6650.5280.523