EFFECT OF WALL INFILL ON THE CAPACITY OF THE FRAME STRUCTURES

Abstract

In building construction, frame structures are widely used, in which the space between columns and beams is completely or partially filled with unreinforced walls. In the process of modelling and design of frame structures, the impact of the walls, as well as their rigidity, were largely ignored during the structural analysis. The aim of this paper is to present some of the modelling methods available today to describe the response of frame structures filled with walls and their interactions with frame structures when subjected to load in their plane.