In-Plane Behavior of Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames with Wooden Choh-kat

Abstract- Determination of the behavior of infilled framed structures with openings has been a matter of study lately. However, analysis of infilled structures have of yet ignored the vital effect of opening frameworks, which in Kashmir valley is a wooden assembly called ‘Choh-kats’. This study focuses on study of the behavior of the infilled frames with wooden ‘Choh-kats’ under in-plane lateral loads and is based on determination of initial lateral stiffness of infilled frame with wooden choh-kat under control parameters of opening location, opening area, opening aspect ratio and model of choh-kat framework. The finite elements are used to illustrate the behavior, and linear stiffness of the frames is determined at 10 % lateral strength of a fully infilled frame. This work illustrates that the in-plane lateral stiffness of the frame increases with the addition of choh-kat and also gives a better understanding of illustrating infill with choh-kat openings as multiple compressive struts. Keywords-Brick infills,finite element method, lateral stiffness, wooden choh-kat. I