Studi Eksperimental Tentang Pengaruh Dinding Bata Merah Terhadap Ketahanan Lateral Struktur Beton Bertulang

. Reinforced-Concrete (R/C) frame structures with unreinforced clay brick masonry (URM) infill walls are commonly used in developing countries with regions of high seismicity. The walls are usually treated as non-structural components, and their interaction with the bounding frames is often ignored in designing process. Field evidences after West Sumatera earthquake have shown that URM infill walls can help reduce the vulnerability of the R/C frame structures against lateral load. In the present paper, it is an attempt to highlight the series laboratory experimental results of the R/C frame structures with URM infill walls. Results of the experimental studies which have indicated URM infill walls can have a significant influence on the lateral resistance of the R/C frame structures. Increasing the lateral resistance is also observed on the R/C frame structures uses larger size of the clay brick masonry and uses mortar on the infill walls\u27 surfaces