This work was partially funded by the U.S. Army and the National Science Foundation. Masonry infill walls are widely used as partitions worldwide. Field evidence has shown that continuous infill ...

As part of the project, the engineers subjected a 3-story structure with non-ductile reinforced concrete frames with unreinforced masonry infill walls to shaking representative of a series of ...

There are several ways of achieving this depending on the size of the threat, the type of wall (load-bearing or infill) and degree of fenestration. Existing masonry walls can be strengthened in a ...

The infill office building ... The plan also called for removal and reconstruction of the roofs and the front masonry walls of both buildings. The current restoration plan (Courtesy BKSK ...

The three-and-a-half-floor mixed-use infill building designed by Los Angeles–based ... In accordance with the city’s fire code, the east elevation is a concrete-masonry-block party wall shared with a ...