Published: Građevinar 60 (2008) 4
Paper type: Preliminary report
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Modelling steel frames with masonry fill
Abstract
Problems encountered in numerical modelling of masonry-filled steel frames subjected to earthquake action are presented. According to new European standards (EN 1998-1) an interactive action should be calculated for such composite systems, but calculation rules are not provided. A practical example is used to show most frequent possibilities for modelling behaviour of such structures based on the finiteelement method, and the need to use a practical approach to find solution to this problem is emphasized.
Keywordsnumerical modelling, earthquake action, finite-element method, steel frame, masonry fill, composite system