@article{Jafril Tanjung_Febrin Anas Ismail_Maidiawati_Rudiansyah Putra_2020, title={A SIMPLE METHOD FOR STRENGTHENING THE BRICK MASONRY INFILLED IN THE REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME STRUCTURE}, volume={18}, url={https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/454}, abstractNote={<p>The collapse of the brick masonry infill in the Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures has been <br>known as one of the causes of the many casualties during the earthquake. This clay brick masonry has been <br>commonly used as partitions in the RC frame structures in earthquake-prone areas such as West Sumatera, <br>Indonesia. Strengthening the brick masonry infill is expected to be able to increase the performance of the brick <br>masonry against the earthquake motions, which also may improve the seismic performance of RC structures. <br>In this study, four of 1/4 reduced-scale singe-bay and single-story RC frame specimens were prepared and <br>tested under lateral static reversed cyclic loading. The specimens include one specimen of RC frame infilled <br>with brick masonry and three specimens of RC frames infilled with strengthened brick masonry. Strengthening <br>of the brick masonry infill has used three types of wire mesh, namely plastic wire mesh, steel wire mesh, and <br>chicken wire mesh. The wire mesh was tacked on both sides of the diagonal area of the brick masonry infill. <br>The wire mesh was then fastened to columns and beams of the RC frame by using chemical epoxy adhesive. <br>The purpose of this experimental study is to define an effective, inexpensive, and easy to apply the <br>strengthening of the brick masonry infill such that it may be applied by the local labors in West Sumatera, <br>Indonesia. The structural test results have shown that all the strengthening methods increase the lateral strength <br>of the RC frame and can delay the failure of the brick masonry infill. Even though the strengthening by using <br>the steel wire mesh produced a higher increase in stiffness of the specimen compares to others, however <br>strengthening by using chicken wire mesh performed the most effective strengthening method. The presence <br>of the chicken wire mesh maintains the ductility of brick masonry infill and the RC frame as well.</p>}, number={66}, journal={GEOMATE Journal}, author={Jafril Tanjung and Febrin Anas Ismail and Maidiawati and Rudiansyah Putra}, year={2020}, month={Feb.}, pages={118–123} }