Determining initial damage state of confined masonry wall

A masonry wall can withstand the compressive, tensile, and shear forces, besides that, a masonry wall can add rigidity to the building structure. The stiffness contributed by the masonry wall can influence the stiffness of the global structure. The contribution of stiffness to masonry walls is linear until the walls are damaged. The linear limit of the behaviour of masonry infill reinforced concrete portal can be used as the first criterion of damage (damage state). This study aims to determine the limit criteria for damage to reinforced concrete masonry wall buildings. The types of bricks used are normal bricks, Z bricks, Z hook bricks. The portal structure of masonry infill reinforced concrete was analyzed using the stiffness approach in the matrix formulation, where the wall stiffness was assumed to be a strut. The strut stiffness is determined based on the masonry panel shear test. The amount of lateral deformation on the portal when the internal shear force on the strut element reaches the wall shear strength limit is used as a limit for the linear behaviour of the masonry-filled reinforced concrete portal.