简介:UnreinforcedMasonry(URM)isthemostcommonpartitioningmaterialinframedbuildingsinIndiaandmanyothercountries.Althoughitiswell-knownthatunderlateralloadingthebehaviorandmodesoffailureoftheframebuildingschangesignificantlyduetoinfill-frameinteraction,thegeneraldesignpracticeistotreatinfillsasnonstructuralelementsandtheirstiffness,strengthandinteractionwiththeframeisoftenignored,primarilybecauseofdifficultiesinsimulationandlackofmodelingguidelinesindesigncodes.TheIndianStandard,likemanyothernationalcodes,doesnotprovideexplicitinsightintotheanticipatedperformanceandassociatedvulnerabilityofinfilledframes.ThispaperpresentsananalyticalstudyontheseismicperformanceandfragilityanalysisofIndiancode-designedRCframebuildingswithandwithoutURMinfills.InfillsaremodeledasdiagonalstrutsasperASCE41guidelinesandvariousmodesoffailureareconsidered.HAZUSmethodologyalongwithnonlinearstaticanalysisisusedtocomparetheseismicvulnerabilityofbareandinfilledframes.ThecomparativestudysuggeststhatURMinfillsresultinasignificantincreaseintheseismicvulnerabilityofRCframesandtheireffectneedstobeproperlyincorporatedindesigncodes.