State-of-the-Art Literature Review on Inelastic Behavior of RC Infill Brick Masonry Buildings

Brick masonry construction can be widely seen in Asian countries as well as globally. It is observed that the performance of these structures during past earthquakes is not very good and the same can be attributed to several factors. There is a need to understand the behavior of such buildings during earthquakes so as to save life loss during earthquakes. At the same time research is going on in several countries to understand the behavior of brick masonry buildings subjected to lateral shaking. In this paper, state-of-the-art review on vulnerability of brick masonry construction and on-going research on the same is discussed. This review consists of analytical and experimental research performed in past few years. Upon understanding the capabilities of numerical techniques available for numerical modeling of infill walls, Applied Element Method (AEM) comes out to be efficient model, where the level of damage by crack occurrences, their evolution, block separation and material loss before collapse and mitigation measures of retrofitting of weak buildings can be suggested.