Seismic Capacity Assessment of Confined Brick Masonry Building: An Experimental Approach

Table 3

Change in force deformation parameters and comparison with results of Shahzada et al. [15], Ashraf [16], and Zeeshan et al. [17].

Force deformation parameters	Unreinforced brick masonry [15]	URCBM before retrofitting [17]	Unreinforced brick masonry after retrofitting [16]	URCBM after retrofitting [17]	Confined brick masonry
Lateral stiffness (KN/mm)	73.8	62.8	168.9	154.11	122.02
Lateral strength (kN)	106.3	106.8	220.3	219.96	258.96
Ultimate drift (%)	0.5	0.55	0.37	0.37	0.73