Recent Findings and Open Issues concerning the Seismic Behaviour of Masonry Infill Walls in RC Buildings

Table 2

Literature review of OOP experimental tests of masonry infill walls.

Author	Number of tests	Loading approach	Masonry unit	Variables under study
Dawe and Seah [76]	8	Airbags	VHCB	Horizontal connections with reinforcement
				Slenderness
				Openings
				Boundary conditions
Frederiksen [95]	15	Airbags	HCHB	Boundary conditions
			SCB
Angel et al. [13]	13	Airbags	HCHB	Masonry unit
			VHCB	IP + OOP
Calvi and Bolognini [33]	9	Airbags	HCHB	IP + OOP
				Bed joint reinforcement
				Meshes
Lunn and Rizkalla [96]	14	Airbags	CSB	Strengthening strategies
Varela-Rivera et al. [97]	6	Airbags	VHCB	Boundary condition
Pereira et al. [51]	7	Airbags	HCHB	Bed joint reinforcement
				Plaster
Guidi et al. [98]	6	4 points load	HCHB	Slenderness
				Strengthening strategies
Hak et al. [82]	5	4 points load	VCHB	Strong infills
da Porto et al. [83]	8	4 points load	HCHB	Strengthening mortars
Moreno-Herrera et al. [99]	8	Airbags	VHCB
			SCB	Masonry unit
			VCHB	Aspect ratio
Akhoundi et al. [100]	3	Airbags	HCHB	Workmanship
				Opening
Furtado et al. [84]	3	Airbags	HCHB	Gravity load
				IP-OOP
Furtado et al. [101]	2	Airbags	HCHB	Panel width support
				Gravity load
Di Domenico et al. [14]	3	4 points load	HCHB	Boundary conditions
Ricci et al. [12]	3	4 points load	HCHB	IP-OOP
Ricci et al. [102]	3	4 points load	HCHB	IP-OOP
				Slenderness
De Risi et al. [71]	4	4 points load	HCHB	Aspect ratio
Butenweg et al. [103]	4	Airbag	VHCB	IP-OOP

VHCB: vertical hollow concrete block; SB: solid brick; CSB: concrete solid brick; HCHB: hollow clay horizontal brick.