@inproceedings{RajanButenwegDalgueretal.2017,
  author    = {Rajan, S. and Butenweg, Christoph and Dalguer, L. A. and An, J. H. and Renault, P. and Klinkel, S.},
  title     = {Fragility curves for a three-storey reinforced concrete test structure of the international benchmark SMART 2013},
  series = {16th World Conference on Earthquake, 16WCEE 2017 Santiago Chile, January 9th to 13th 2017},
  booktitle = {16th World Conference on Earthquake, 16WCEE 2017 Santiago Chile, January 9th to 13th 2017},
  publisher = {Chilean Association on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (ACHISINA)},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{ParkElDaibButenwegetal.2011,
  author    = {Park, Jin and El-Daib, Khaled and Butenweg, Christoph and Gellert, Christoph},
  title     = {A novel macroelement approach for masonry walls},
  series = {Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2011 : Leuven, Belgium, 4 - 6 July 2011 / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ... G. De Roeck ... (eds)},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2011 : Leuven, Belgium, 4 - 6 July 2011 / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ... G. De Roeck ... (eds)},
  publisher = {K. U. Leuven, Dep. of Civil Engineering},
  address   = {Leuven},
  organization    = {International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN <8, 2011, Leuven>},
  isbn      = {978-90-76019-31-4},
  pages     = {3281 -- 3286},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{ParkButenwegReindl2010,
  author    = {Park, Jin and Butenweg, Christoph and Reindl, Lukas},
  title     = {Untersuchung der Eignung von Ankerschienensystemen unter Erdbebeneinwirkungen},
  series = {Conference proceedings / ANSYS Conference \& 28th CADFEM Users´ Meeting 2010 : 3. - 5. November 2010, Eurogess Aachen / CADFEM; ANSYS},
  booktitle = {Conference proceedings / ANSYS Conference \& 28th CADFEM Users´ Meeting 2010 : 3. - 5. November 2010, Eurogess Aachen / CADFEM; ANSYS},
  publisher = {CADFEM [u.a.]},
  address   = {Grafing},
  isbn      = {3-937523-07-3},
  pages     = {Dokument 2.11.1},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{NordaButenweg2011,
  author    = {Norda, Hannah and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {M{\"o}glichkeiten und Grenzen der Anwendbarkeit statisch nichtlinearer Verfahren nach DIN EN 1998-1},
  series = {Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt},
  volume    = {Band 86},
  journal   = {Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt},
  publisher = {VDI Fachmedien},
  address   = {D{\"u}sseldorf},
  issn      = {1436-4867 (E-Journal); 0005-6650 (Print)},
  pages     = {S13 -- S21},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MykoniouButenwegHoltschoppenetal.2016,
  author    = {Mykoniou, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Holtschoppen, Britta and Klinkel, Sven},
  title     = {Seismic response analysis of adjacent liquid-storage tanks},
  series = {Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics},
  volume    = {45},
  journal   = {Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics},
  number    = {11},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1096-9845 (E-Journal); 0098-8847 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1002/eqe.2726},
  pages     = {1779 -- 1796},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {A refined substructure technique in the frequency domain is developed, which permits consideration of the interaction effects among adjacent containers through the supporting deformable soil medium. The tank-liquid systems are represented by means of mechanical models, whereas discrete springs and dashpots stand for the soil beneath the foundations. The proposed model is employed to assess the responses of adjacent circular, cylindrical tanks for harmonic and seismic excitations over wide range of tank proportions and soil conditions. The influence of the number, spatial arrangement of the containers and their distance on the overall system's behavior is addressed. The results indicate that the cross-interaction effects can substantially alter the impulsive components of response of each individual element in a tank farm. The degree of this impact is primarily controlled by the tank proportions and the proximity of the predominant natural frequencies of the shell-liquid-soil systems and the input seismic motion. The group effects should be not a priori disregarded, unless the tanks are founded on shallow soil deposit overlying very stiff material or bedrock.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MorandiButenwegBreisetal.2022,
  author    = {Morandi, Paolo and Butenweg, Christoph and Breis, Khaled and Beyer, Katrin and Magenes, Guido},
  title     = {Latest findings on the behaviour factor q for the seismic design of URM buildings},
  series = {Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering},
  volume    = {20},
  journal   = {Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering},
  number    = {11},
  editor    = {Ansal, Atilla},
  publisher = {Springer Nature},
  address   = {Cham},
  issn      = {1573-1456},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10518-022-01419-7},
  pages     = {5797 -- 5848},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Recent earthquakes as the 2012 Emilia earthquake sequence showed that recently built unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings behaved much better than expected and sustained, despite the maximum PGA values ranged between 0.20-0.30 g, either minor damage or structural damage that is deemed repairable. Especially low-rise residential and commercial masonry buildings with a code-conforming seismic design and detailing behaved in general very well without substantial damages. The low damage grades of modern masonry buildings that was observed during this earthquake series highlighted again that codified design procedures based on linear analysis can be rather conservative. Although advances in simulation tools make nonlinear calculation methods more readily accessible to designers, linear analyses will still be the standard design method for years to come. The present paper aims to improve the linear seismic design method by providing a proper definition of the q-factor of URM buildings. These q-factors are derived for low-rise URM buildings with rigid diaphragms which represent recent construction practise in low to moderate seismic areas of Italy and Germany. The behaviour factor components for deformation and energy dissipation capacity and for overstrength due to the redistribution of forces are derived by means of pushover analyses. Furthermore, considerations on the behaviour factor component due to other sources of overstrength in masonry buildings are presented. As a result of the investigations, rationally based values of the behaviour factor q to be used in linear analyses in the range of 2.0-3.0 are proposed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MorandiButenwegBreisetal.2022,
  author    = {Morandi, Paolo and Butenweg, Christoph and Breis, Khaled and Beyer, Katrin and Magenes, Guido},
  title     = {Behaviour factor q for the seismic design of URM buildings},
  series = {The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology September 4 - September 9, 2022, Bucharest},
  booktitle = {The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology September 4 - September 9, 2022, Bucharest},
  editor    = {Arion, Christian and Scupin, Alexandra and Ţigănescu, Alexandru},
  isbn      = {978-973-100-533-1},
  pages     = {1184 -- 1194},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Recent earthquakes showed that low-rise URM buildings following codecompliant seismic design and details behaved in general very well without substantial damages. Although advances in simulation tools make nonlinear calculation methods more readily accessible to designers, linear analyses will still be the standard design method for years to come. The present paper aims to improve the linear seismic design method by providing a proper definition of the q-factor of URM buildings. Values of q-factors are derived for low-rise URM buildings with rigid diaphragms, with reference to modern structural configurations realized in low to moderate seismic areas of Italy and Germany. The behaviour factor components for deformation and energy dissipation capacity and for overstrength due to the redistribution of forces are derived by means of pushover analyses. As a result of the investigations, rationally based values of the behaviour factor q to be used in linear analyses in the range of 2.0 to 3.0 are proposed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MistlerButenwegMeskouris2006,
  author    = {Mistler, Michael and Butenweg, Christoph and Meskouris, Konstantin},
  title     = {Modelling methods of historic masonry buildings under seismic excitation},
  series = {Journal of seismology},
  volume    = {Volume 10},
  journal   = {Journal of seismology},
  number    = {No. 4},
  issn      = {1383-4649 (Print) ; 1573-157X (E-Journal)},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10950-006-9033-z},
  pages     = {497 -- 510},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MistlerButenwegFehlingetal.2007,
  author    = {Mistler, Michael and Butenweg, Christoph and Fehling, Ekkehard and St{\"u}rz, Jochen},
  title     = {Verformungsbasierte seismische Bemessung von Mauerwerksbauten auf Grundlage zyklischer Schubwandversuche},
  series = {Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt},
  volume    = {Band 82},
  journal   = {Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt},
  issn      = {1434-6591},
  pages     = {S3 -- S11},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MistlerButenweg2005,
  author    = {Mistler, Michael and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Verformungsbasierter seismischer Nachweis von Mauerwerksbauten mit der Kapazit{\"a}tsspektrum-Methode},
  series = {Mauerwerk : European journal of masonry},
  volume    = {Volume 9},
  journal   = {Mauerwerk : European journal of masonry},
  number    = {Issue 6},
  issn      = {1437-1022 (E-Journal); 1432-3427 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1002/dama.200590098},
  pages     = {255 -- 261},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{MistlerButenweg2005,
  author    = {Mistler, Michael and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {A seismic design procedure for masonry buildings},
  series = {Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing : [Rome, Italy, 30. August - 2. September 2005] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing : [Rome, Italy, 30. August - 2. September 2005] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping},
  publisher = {Civil-Comp Press},
  address   = {Stirling},
  organization    = {International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing <10, 2005, Rome>},
  isbn      = {1-905088-00-0},
  doi       = {10.4203/ccp.81.193},
  pages     = {465 -- 467},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MistlerAnthoineButenweg2007,
  author    = {Mistler, Michael and Anthoine, A. and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {In-plane and out-of-plane homogenisation of masonry},
  series = {Computers \& structures},
  volume    = {Volume 85},
  journal   = {Computers \& structures},
  number    = {Issues 17-18},
  issn      = {1879-2243 (E-Journal); 0045-7949 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.08.087},
  pages     = {1321 -- 1330},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MistlerButenwegAnthoine2004,
  author    = {Mistler, M. and Butenweg, Christoph and Anthoine, A.},
  title     = {Evaluation of the failure criterion for masonry by homogenisation},
  series = {Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology : [Lisbon, Portugal, 7 - 9 September 2004] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping and C.A. Mota Soares},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology : [Lisbon, Portugal, 7 - 9 September 2004] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping and C.A. Mota Soares},
  publisher = {Civil-Comp Press},
  address   = {Stirling},
  organization    = {International Conference on Computational Structures Technology <7, 2004, Lissabon>},
  isbn      = {0-948749-95-4},
  doi       = {10.4203/ccp.79.201},
  pages     = {16 Seiten},
  year      = {2004},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MilkovaRosinButenwegetal.2018,
  author    = {Milkova, Kristina and Rosin, Julia and Butenweg, Christoph and Dumova-Jovanoska, Elena},
  title     = {Development of Seismic Vulnerability Curves for Region Specific Masonry Buildings},
  series = {16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018},
  booktitle = {16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018},
  pages     = {1 -- 10},
  year      = {2018},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MilkovaButenwegDumovaJovanoska2020,
  author    = {Milkova, Kristina and Butenweg, Christoph and Dumova-Jovanoska, Elena},
  title     = {Methodology for development of seismic vulnerability curve for existing unreinforced Masonry buildings},
  series = {17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 27 to October 2, 2021.},
  booktitle = {17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 27 to October 2, 2021.},
  pages     = {13 Seiten},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Seismic behavior of an existing unreinforced masonry building built pre-modern code, located in the City of Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia has been investigated in this paper. The analyzed school building is selected as an archetype in an ongoing project named "Seismic vulnerability assessment of existing masonry structures in Republic of North Macedonia (SeismoWall)". Two independent segments were included in this research: Seismic hazard assessment by creating a cite specific response spectra and Seismic vulnerability definition by creating a region - specific series of vulnerability curves for the chosen building topology. A reliable Seismic Hazard Assessment for a selected region is a crucial point for performing a seismic risk analysis of a characteristic building class. In that manner, a scenario - based method that incorporates together the knowledge of tectonic style of the considered region, the active fault characterization, the earth crust model and the historical seismicity named Neo Deterministic approach is used for calculation of the response spectra for the location of the building. Variations of the rupturing process are taken into account in the nucleation point of the rupture, in the rupture velocity pattern and in the istribution of the slip on the fault. The results obtained from the multiple scenarios are obtained as an envelope of the response spectra computed for the cite using the procedure Maximum Credible Seismic Input (MCSI). Capacity of the selected building has been determined by using nonlinear static analysis. MINEA software (SDA Engineering) was used for verification of the structural safety of the chosen unreinforced masonry structure. In the process of optimization of the number of samples, computational cost required in a Monte Carlo simulation is significantly reduced since the simulation is performed on a polynomial response surface function for prediction of the structural response. Performance point, found as the intersection of the capacity of the building and the spectra used, is chosen as a response parameter. Five levels of damage limit states based on the capacity curve of the building are defined in dependency on the yield displacement and the maximum displacement. Maximum likelihood estimation procedure is utilized in the process of vulnerability curves determination. As a result, region specific series of vulnerability curves for the chosen type of masonry structures are defined. The obtained probabilities of exceedance a specific damage states as a result from vulnerability curves are compared with the observed damages happened after the earthquake in July 2017 in the City of Ohrid, North Macedonia.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MilkovaButenwegDumovaJovanoska2021,
  author    = {Milkova, Kristina and Butenweg, Christoph and Dumova-Jovanoska, Elena},
  title     = {Region-sensitive comprehensive procedure for determination of seismic fragility curves},
  series = {1st Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 1CroCEE 22-24 March 2021 Zagreb, Croatia},
  booktitle = {1st Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 1CroCEE 22-24 March 2021 Zagreb, Croatia},
  publisher = {University of Zagreb},
  address   = {Zagreb},
  doi       = {10.5592/CO/1CroCEE.2021.158},
  pages     = {121 -- 128},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Seismic vulnerability estimation of existing structures is unquestionably interesting topic of high priority, particularly after earthquake events. Having in mind the vast number of old masonry buildings in North Macedonia serving as public institutions, it is evident that the structural assessment of these buildings is an issue of great importance. In this paper, a comprehensive methodology for the development of seismic fragility curves of existing masonry buildings is presented. A scenario - based method that incorporates the knowledge of the tectonic style of the considered region, the active fault characterization, the earth crust model and the historical seismicity (determined via the Neo Deterministic approach) is used for calculation of the necessary response spectra. The capacity of the investigated masonry buildings has been determined by using nonlinear static analysis. MINEA software (SDA Engineering) is used for verification of the structural safety of the structures Performance point, obtained from the intersection of the capacity of the building and the spectra used, is selected as a response parameter. The thresholds of the spectral displacement are obtained by splitting the capacity curve into five parts, utilizing empirical formulas which are represented as a function of yield displacement and ultimate displacement. As a result, four levels of damage limit states are determined. A maximum likelihood estimation procedure for the process of fragility curves determination is noted as a final step in the proposed procedure. As a result, region specific series of vulnerability curves for structures are defined.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MilijašŠakićMarinkovićetal.2022,
  author    = {Milijaš, Aleksa and Šakić, Bogdan and Marinković, Marko and Butenweg, Christoph and Gams, Matija and Klinkel, Sven},
  title     = {Effects of prior in-plane damage on out-of-plane response of masonry infills with openings},
  series = {The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology September 4 - September 9, 2022, Bucharest},
  booktitle = {The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology September 4 - September 9, 2022, Bucharest},
  editor    = {Arion, Cristian and Scupin, Alexandra and Ţigănescu, Alexandru},
  isbn      = {978-973-100-533-1},
  pages     = {2747 -- 2756},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Masonry infill walls are the most traditional enclosure system that is still widely used in RC frame buildings all over the world, particularly in seismic active regions. Although infill walls are usually neglected in seismic design, during an earthquake event they are subjected to in-plane and out-of-plane forces that can act separately or simultaneously. Since observations of damage to buildings after recent earthquakes showed detrimental effects of in-plane and out-of-plane load interaction on infill walls, the number of studies that focus on influence of in-plane damage on out-of-plane response has significantly increased. However, most of the xperimental campaigns have considered only solid infills and there is a lack of combined in-plane and out-of-plane experimental tests on masonry infills with openings, although windows and doors strongly affect seismic performance. In this paper, two types of experimental tests on infills with window openings are presented. The first is a pure out-of-plane test and the second one is a sequential in-plane and out-of-plane test aimed at investigating the effects of existing in-plane damage on outof-plane response. Additionally, findings from two tests with similar load procedure that were carried out on fully infilled RC frames in the scope of the same project are used for comparison. Test results clearly show that window opening increased vulnerability of infills to combined seismic actions and that prevention of damage in infills with openings is of the utmost importance for seismic safety.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MilijašŠakićMarinkovićetal.2021,
  author    = {Milijaš, Aleksa and Šakić, Bogdan and Marinković, Marko and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Experimental investigation of behaviour of masonry infilled RC frames under out-of-plane loading},
  series = {8th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering},
  booktitle = {8th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering},
  editor    = {Papadrakakis, Manolis and Fragiadakis, Michalis},
  publisher = {National Technical University of Athens},
  address   = {Athen},
  isbn      = {978-618-85072-5-8},
  issn      = {2623-3347},
  doi       = {10.7712/120121.8528.18914},
  pages     = {829 -- 846},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Masonry infills are commonly used as exterior or interior walls in reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures and they can be encountered all over the world, including earthquake prone regions. Since the middle of the 20th century the behaviour of these non-structural elements under seismic loading has been studied in numerous experimental campaigns. However, most of the studies were carried out by means of in-plane tests, while there is a lack of out-of-plane experimental investigations. In this paper, the out-of-plane tests carried out on full scale masonry infilled frames are described. The results of the out-of-plane tests are presented in terms of force-displacement curves and measured out-of-plane displacements. Finally, the reliability of existing analytical approaches developed to estimate the out-of-plane strength of masonry infills is examined on presented experimental results.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MichelRosinButenwegetal.2020,
  author    = {Michel, Philipp and Rosin, Julia and Butenweg, Christoph and Klinkel, Sven},
  title     = {Soil-dependent earthquake spectra in the analysis of liquid-storage-tanks on compliant soil},
  series = {Seismic design of industrial facilities 2020: proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF-Conference)},
  booktitle = {Seismic design of industrial facilities 2020: proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF-Conference)},
  isbn      = {978-3-86359-729-0},
  pages     = {245 -- 254},
  year      = {2020},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MichelButenwegKlinkel2018,
  author    = {Michel, Philipp and Butenweg, Christoph and Klinkel, Sven},
  title     = {Frequency Dependent Impedance Analysis of the Foundation-Soil-Systems of Onshore Wind Turbines},
  series = {16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018},
  booktitle = {16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018},
  pages     = {1 -- 13},
  year      = {2018},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MichelButenwegKinkel2018,
  author    = {Michel, Philipp and Butenweg, Christoph and Kinkel, Sven},
  title     = {Pile-grid foundations of onshore wind turbines considering soil-structure-interaction under seismic loading},
  series = {Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering},
  volume    = {109},
  journal   = {Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0267-7261},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.soildyn.2018.03.009},
  pages     = {299 -- 311},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {In recent years, many onshore wind turbines are erected in seismic active regions and on soils with poor load bearing capacity, where pile grids are inevitable to transfer the loads into the ground. In this contribution, a realistic multi pile grid is designed to analyze the dynamics of a wind turbine tower including frequency dependent soil-structure-interaction. It turns out that different foundations on varying soil configurations heavily influence the vibration response. While the vibration amplitude is mostly attenuated, certain unfavorable combinations of structure and soil parameters lead to amplification in the range of the system's natural frequencies. This testifies the need for overall dynamic analysis in the assessment of the dynamic stability and the holistic frequency tuning of the turbines.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MichelAlderButenwegetal.2019,
  author    = {Michel, Philipp and Alder, Philipp and Butenweg, Christoph and Klinkel, Sven},
  title     = {Berechnung der Fluid-Struktur-Interaktion f{\"u}r flexibel gelagerte Fl{\"u}ssigkeitstanks},
  series = {16. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen \& Baudynamik: 26. und 27. September 2019, Universit{\"a}t Innsbruck},
  booktitle = {16. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen \& Baudynamik: 26. und 27. September 2019, Universit{\"a}t Innsbruck},
  isbn      = {978-3-200-06454-6},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{MichelZilligenRosinetal.2015,
  author    = {Michel, P. and Zilligen, H. and Rosin, J. and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Seismisches Verhalten pfahlgegr{\"u}ndeter Tankbauwerke},
  series = {Erdbeben und bestehende Bauten : 14. D-A-C-H Tagung 20.08. - 21.08.2015, ETH Z{\"u}rich. (Dokumentation / SIA ; D 0255)},
  booktitle = {Erdbeben und bestehende Bauten : 14. D-A-C-H Tagung 20.08. - 21.08.2015, ETH Z{\"u}rich. (Dokumentation / SIA ; D 0255)},
  publisher = {SGEB},
  address   = {Z{\"u}rich},
  organization    = {D-A-C-H Tagung <14, 2015, Z{\"u}rich>},
  isbn      = {978-3-03732-060-0},
  pages     = {181 -- 188},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MichelButenwegKlinkel2020,
  author    = {Michel, P. and Butenweg, Christoph and Klinkel, S.},
  title     = {Einfluss der dynamischen Steifigkeit von Flach-und Pfahlgr{\"u}ndungen auf die Dynamik von Onshore-Windenergieanlagen},
  series = {Bauingenieur},
  volume    = {95},
  journal   = {Bauingenieur},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {VDI Fachmedien},
  address   = {D{\"u}sseldorf},
  issn      = {0005-6650},
  pages     = {139 -- 146},
  year      = {2020},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MeyerButenwegFehling2014,
  author    = {Meyer, Udo and Butenweg, Christoph and Fehling, Ekkehard},
  title     = {EU-Projekt INSYSME : innovative Systeme f{\"u}r erdbebentaugliche Ausfachungsw{\"a}nde aus Ziegelmauerwerk},
  series = {Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt},
  volume    = {89 (2014)},
  journal   = {Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt},
  number    = {April},
  publisher = {VDI Fachmedien},
  address   = {D{\"u}sseldorf},
  issn      = {1436-4867 (E-Journal); 0005-6650 (Print)},
  pages     = {S14 -- S15},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{MeskourisRenaultButenwegetal.2007,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Renault, Philippe and Butenweg, Christoph and Hinzen, Klaus-G. and Weber, Bernd},
  title     = {Gef{\"a}hrdungsabsch{\"a}tzung von Br{\"u}cken in Deutschland unter Erdbebenbelastung. [Bericht zum Forschungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben FE 15.393/2003/FRB des Bundesministeriums f{\"u}r Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung.] (Forschung Straßenbau und Straßenverkehrstechnik ; 952)},
  publisher = {Bundesministerium f{\"u}r Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung, Abt. Straßenbau, Straßenverkehr},
  address   = {Bonn},
  isbn      = {978-3-86509-602-9},
  pages     = {80 S.},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{MeskourisNordaButenweg2011,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Norda, Hannah and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Aktuelle Nachweiskonzepte von Mauerwerk unter Erdbebenbeanspruchung},
  series = {Wie wollen wir in Zukunft bauen? : Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram J{\"a}ger, Dresden, 19.04.2011. (Bauforschung und Baupraxis ; H. 10)},
  booktitle = {Wie wollen wir in Zukunft bauen? : Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram J{\"a}ger, Dresden, 19.04.2011. (Bauforschung und Baupraxis ; H. 10)},
  publisher = {Techn. Univ., Lehrstuhl Tragwerksplanung},
  address   = {Dresden},
  isbn      = {978-3-86780-216-1},
  pages     = {233 -- 238},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{MeskourisMistlerButenweg2006,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Mistler, Michael and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Mauerwerksbauten unter Erdbebenbelastung},
  series = {Numerische Methoden zur Probleml{\"o}sung im konstruktiven Bauwesen : 34. Aachener Baustofftag ; 02. Februar 2006},
  booktitle = {Numerische Methoden zur Probleml{\"o}sung im konstruktiven Bauwesen : 34. Aachener Baustofftag ; 02. Februar 2006},
  publisher = {IBAC},
  address   = {Aachen},
  organization    = {Aachener Baustofftag <34, 2006>},
  pages     = {Getr. Z{\"a}hlung},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{MeskourisHoltschoppenButenwegetal.2011,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Holtschoppen, Britta and Butenweg, Christoph and Rosin, Julia},
  title     = {Seismic analysis of liquid storage tanks},
  series = {Earthquake Geology and Archaeology: Science, Society and Critical facilities : proceedings ; 2nd INQUA-IGCP 567 International Workshop on Active Tectonics, Earthquake Geology, Archaeology and Engineering ; 19-24 September 2011, Corinth (Greece) / Eds.: C. Gr{\"u}tzner ; R. P{\´e}rez-Lopez ; T. Fern{\´a}ndez Steeger ; I. Papanikolaou ; K. Reicherter ; P. G. Silva ; A. V{\"o}tt. Volume 2},
  booktitle = {Earthquake Geology and Archaeology: Science, Society and Critical facilities : proceedings ; 2nd INQUA-IGCP 567 International Workshop on Active Tectonics, Earthquake Geology, Archaeology and Engineering ; 19-24 September 2011, Corinth (Greece) / Eds.: C. Gr{\"u}tzner ; R. P{\´e}rez-Lopez ; T. Fern{\´a}ndez Steeger ; I. Papanikolaou ; K. Reicherter ; P. G. Silva ; A. V{\"o}tt. Volume 2},
  publisher = {The Natural hazards Laboratory, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens},
  address   = {Athens},
  organization    = {International Workshop on Active Tectonics, Earthquake Geology, Archaeology and Engineering <2, 2011, Corinth>},
  isbn      = {978-960-466-093-3},
  pages     = {136 -- 139},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{MeskourisHoltschoppenButenwegetal.2010,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Holtschoppen, Britta and Butenweg, Christoph and Park, Jin},
  title     = {Seismische Auslegung von Silo- und Tankbauwerken},
  series = {Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingbert Mangerig. (Berichte aus dem konstruktiven Ingenieurbau ; 2010,6)},
  booktitle = {Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingbert Mangerig. (Berichte aus dem konstruktiven Ingenieurbau ; 2010,6)},
  publisher = {Univ. der Bundeswehr},
  address   = {Neubiberg},
  pages     = {215 -- 224},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{MeskourisHollerButenwegetal.2009,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Holler, Stefan and Butenweg, Christoph and Meiners, Daniel},
  title     = {A multiphase model with hypoplastic formulation of the solid phase and its application to earthquake engineering problems},
  series = {Computational structural dynamics and earthquake engineering / ed. by Manolis Papadrakakis .... (Structures and infrastructures series ; 2)},
  booktitle = {Computational structural dynamics and earthquake engineering / ed. by Manolis Papadrakakis .... (Structures and infrastructures series ; 2)},
  publisher = {CRC Press},
  address   = {Boca Raton, Fla. [u.a.]},
  isbn      = {978-0-415-45261-8},
  doi       = {10.1201/9780203881637.ch19},
  pages     = {293 -- 308},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{MeskourisHinzenButenwegetal.2007,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Hinzen, Klaus-G{\"u}nter and Butenweg, Christoph and Mistler, Michael},
  title     = {Bauwerke und Erdbeben : Grundlagen - Anwendung - Beispiele},
  edition   = {2., erweiterte und aktualisierte Auflage},
  publisher = {Vieweg},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  isbn      = {3-8348-0146-1 ; 978-3-8348-0146-3},
  pages     = {XIII, 493 S. ; 1 CD-ROM},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{MeskourisHinzenButenwegetal.2011,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Hinzen, Klaus-G{\"u}nter and Butenweg, Christoph and Mistler, Michael},
  title     = {Bauwerke und Erdbeben : Grundlagen - Anwendung - Beispiele. - 3., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage},
  edition   = {3., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage},
  publisher = {Vieweg + Teubner},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  isbn      = {978-3-8348-9856-2 (E-Book) ; 978-3-8348-0779-3 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-8348-9856-2},
  pages     = {XVIII, 718 S.},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{MeskourisGellertButenweg2010,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Gellert, Christoph and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Neuer Ansatz f{\"u}r die Bemessung von Mauerwerksbauten},
  series = {Innovationen im konstruktiven Ingenieurbau : Methoden - Materialien - Bauwerke ; Festschrift Professor Hirschfeld / hrsg. von Karl Beucke},
  booktitle = {Innovationen im konstruktiven Ingenieurbau : Methoden - Materialien - Bauwerke ; Festschrift Professor Hirschfeld / hrsg. von Karl Beucke},
  publisher = {Bauhaus-Univ. Weimar},
  address   = {Weimar},
  pages     = {217 -- 224},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MeskourisButenwegRenault2006,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Renault, Philippe},
  title     = {Beurteilung der Erdbebensicherheit von bestehenden Bauwerken},
  series = {Der Pr{\"u}fingenieur : das Magazin der Bundesvereinigung der Pr{\"u}fingenieure f{\"u}r Bautechnik},
  journal   = {Der Pr{\"u}fingenieur : das Magazin der Bundesvereinigung der Pr{\"u}fingenieure f{\"u}r Bautechnik},
  number    = {Ausgabe 28},
  issn      = {1430-9084},
  pages     = {56 -- 65},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MeskourisButenwegRenault2006,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Renault, Philippe},
  title     = {Mehrstufen-Konzept f{\"u}r mehr Erdbebensicherheit : ein Werkzeug f{\"u}r die Beurteilung der Erdbebengef{\"a}hrdung von Ingenieurbauwerken},
  series = {Deutsches Ingenieurblatt},
  volume    = {Band 13},
  journal   = {Deutsches Ingenieurblatt},
  number    = {Heft 6},
  issn      = {0946-2422},
  pages     = {18 -- 26},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{MeskourisButenwegMistleretal.2004,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Mistler, Michael and Kuhlmann, Wolfram},
  title     = {Seismic behaviour of historic masonry buildings},
  series = {7th National Congress on Mechanics : Chania, Crete, June 24 - 26, 2004 ; proceedings / ed. A. Kounadis ....},
  booktitle = {7th National Congress on Mechanics : Chania, Crete, June 24 - 26, 2004 ; proceedings / ed. A. Kounadis ....},
  publisher = {Hellenic Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics},
  address   = {Chania},
  organization    = {National Congress on Mechanics <7, 2004, Chania, Crete>},
  pages     = {47 -- 49},
  year      = {2004},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{MeskourisButenwegKalkeretal.2007,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Kalker, Ines and Mistler, Michael},
  title     = {Numerical simulation of historic masonry buildings},
  series = {Antike Erdbeben im alpinen und zirkumalpinen Raum : Befunde und Probleme in arch{\"a}ologischer, historischer und seismologischer Sicht ; Beitr{\"a}ge des Interdisziplin{\"a}ren Workshops Schloss Hohenkammer, 14./15. Mai 2004 = Earthquakes in antiquity in the alpine and circum-alpine region / Gerhard H. Waldherr ; Anselm Smolka (Hrsg.) (Geographica Historica ; 24)},
  booktitle = {Antike Erdbeben im alpinen und zirkumalpinen Raum : Befunde und Probleme in arch{\"a}ologischer, historischer und seismologischer Sicht ; Beitr{\"a}ge des Interdisziplin{\"a}ren Workshops Schloss Hohenkammer, 14./15. Mai 2004 = Earthquakes in antiquity in the alpine and circum-alpine region / Gerhard H. Waldherr ; Anselm Smolka (Hrsg.) (Geographica Historica ; 24)},
  publisher = {Franz Steiner Verlag},
  address   = {Stuttgart},
  isbn      = {978-3-515-09030-8 ; 3-515-09030-4},
  pages     = {171 -- 189},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{MeskourisButenwegHolleretal.2012,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Holler, Stefan and Hake, Erwin},
  title     = {Baustatik in Beispielen},
  edition   = {2., bearb. Aufl.},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Heidelberg ; Dordrecht ; London ; New York},
  isbn      = {978-3-642-23529-0 (Print) ; 978-3-642-23530-6 (E-Book)},
  pages     = {XI, 431 S.},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{MeskourisButenwegHinzenetal.2019,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Hinzen, Klaus-G. and H{\"o}ffer, R{\"u}diger},
  title     = {Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin, Heidelberg},
  isbn      = {978-3-662-57550-5},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-662-57550-5},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{MeskourisButenwegHinzenetal.2019,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Hinzen, Klaus-G. and H{\"o}ffer, R{\"u}diger},
  title     = {Stochasticity of Wind Processes and Spectral Analysis of Structural Gust Response},
  series = {Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering},
  booktitle = {Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-662-57550-5 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-662-57550-5_3},
  pages     = {153 -- 196},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Wind loads have great impact on many engineering structures. Wind storms often cause irreparable damage to the buildings which are exposed to it. Along with the earthquakes, wind represents one of the most common environmental load on structures and is relevant for limit state design. Modern wind codes indicate calculation procedures allowing engineers to deal with structural systems, which are susceptible to conduct wind-excited oscillations. In the codes approximate formulas for wind buffeting are specified which relate the dynamic problem to rather abstract parameter functions. The complete theory behind is not visible in order to simplify the applicability of the procedures. This chapter derives the underlying basic relations of the spectral method for wind buffeting and explains the main important applications of it in order to elucidate part of the theoretical background of computations after the new codes. The stochasticity of the wind processes is addressed, and the analysis of analytical as well as measurement based power spectra is outlined. Short MATLAB codes are added to the Appendix 3 which carry out the computation of a single sided auto-spectrum from a statistically stationary, discrete stochastic process. Two examples are presented.},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{MeskourisButenwegHakeetal.2005,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Hake, Erwin and Holler, Stefan},
  title     = {Baustatik in Beispielen : mit Rechenprogrammen auf CD-ROM},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address   = {Berlin, Heidelberg},
  isbn      = {3-540-21427-5 ; 978-3-540-21427-4 (print) ; 978-3-540-28443-7 (E-Book)},
  pages     = {XI, 405 S.},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MeskourisButenwegGellert2009,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Gellert, Christoph},
  title     = {Iterativ verbessert : die RWTH Aachen entwickelt eine Software f{\"u}r einfache Nachweise von Mauerwerksbauten in Erdbebengebieten},
  series = {Deutsches Ingenieur-Blatt : Ingenieurwesen, Bautechnik, Umweltschutz ; Organ der deutschen Ingenieurkammern / Hrsg.: Bundes-Ingenieurkammer e.V.},
  journal   = {Deutsches Ingenieur-Blatt : Ingenieurwesen, Bautechnik, Umweltschutz ; Organ der deutschen Ingenieurkammern / Hrsg.: Bundes-Ingenieurkammer e.V.},
  number    = {Heft 5},
  publisher = {Rauh Medien GmbH},
  address   = {Wandlitz},
  issn      = {2365-192X},
  pages     = {31 -- 36},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MeskourisButenwegGellert2009,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Gellert, Christoph},
  title     = {Einfache Nachweise : einige Beispiele f{\"u}r die Anwendung des Bemessungsprogramms der RWTH Aachen f{\"u}r den Nachweis von Mauerwerksbauten in Erdbebengebieten},
  series = {Deutsches Ingenieur-Blatt : Ingenieurwesen, Bautechnik, Umweltschutz ; Organ der deutschen Ingenieurkammern / Hrsg.: Bundes-Ingenieurkammer e.V.},
  journal   = {Deutsches Ingenieur-Blatt : Ingenieurwesen, Bautechnik, Umweltschutz ; Organ der deutschen Ingenieurkammern / Hrsg.: Bundes-Ingenieurkammer e.V.},
  number    = {Heft 6},
  publisher = {Rauh Medien GmbH},
  address   = {Wandlitz},
  issn      = {0946-2422},
  pages     = {26 -- 29},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{MeskourisButenweg2005,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Neubewertung der Erdbebensicherheit von Talsperren in Deutschland : DGEB-Workshop, 28. November 2003 in Potsdam / K. Meskouris, Chr. Butenweg (Hrsg.). (DGEB-Publikation ; Nr. 12)},
  publisher = {DGEB},
  address   = {Aachen},
  isbn      = {3-930108-08-9},
  pages     = {51 S.},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{MeskourisButenweg2005,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Aktuelle Themen des Erdbebeningenieurwesens und der Baudynamik : D-A-CH-Tagung 2005 in K{\"o}ln / K. Meskouris, Chr. Butenweg (Hrsg.). Organisiert von der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik.},
  series = {DGEB-Publikation ; 13},
  booktitle = {DGEB-Publikation ; 13},
  publisher = {DGEB},
  address   = {Aachen},
  organization    = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik},
  isbn      = {3-930108-09-7},
  pages     = {V, 144 S.},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{MeskourisButenweg2008,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Erdbebensichere Auslegung von Bauwerken nach DIN 4149:2005},
  series = {Betonkalender 2008: Konstruktiver Wasserbau, erdbebensicheres Bauen. Band 2},
  booktitle = {Betonkalender 2008: Konstruktiver Wasserbau, erdbebensicheres Bauen. Band 2},
  publisher = {Ernst \& Sohn},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-433-01839-2 (Print) ; 978-3-433-01854-5 (E-Book)},
  doi       = {10.1002/9783433600702.ch5},
  pages     = {1 -- 54},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{MarkinkovicButenwegPaveseetal.2020,
  author    = {Markinkovic, Marko and Butenweg, Christoph and Pavese, A. and Lanese, I. and Hoffmeister, B. and Pinkawa, M. and Vulcu, C. and Bursi, O. and Nardin, C. and Paolacci, F. and Quinci, G. and Fragiadakis, M. and Weber, F. and Huber, P. and Renault, P. and G{\"u}ndel, M. and Dyke, S. and Ciucci, M. and Marino, A.},
  title     = {Investigation of the seismic behaviour of structural and nonstructural components in industrial facilities by means of shaking table tests},
  series = {Seismic design of industrial facilities 2020: proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF-Conference)},
  booktitle = {Seismic design of industrial facilities 2020: proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF-Conference)},
  isbn      = {978-3-86359-729-0},
  pages     = {159 -- 172},
  year      = {2020},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MarinkovićFloresCalvinistiButenweg2020,
  author    = {Marinković, Marko and Flores Calvinisti, Santiago and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Numerical analysis of reinforced concrete frame buildings with decoupled infill walls},
  series = {Building Materials and Structures},
  volume    = {63},
  journal   = {Building Materials and Structures},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Society for Materials and Structures Testing of Serbia},
  address   = {Belgrad},
  issn      = {2217-8139},
  doi       = {10.5937/GRMK2004013M},
  pages     = {13 -- 48},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with masonry infill walls are widely used in many countries all over the world. Although infills are considered as non-structural elements, they significantly change dynamic characteristics of RC frame structures during earthquake excitation. Recently, significant effort was spent on studying decoupled infills, which are isolated from the surrounding frame usually by adding a gap between frame and infill. In this case, the frame deformation does not activate infill wall, thus infills are not influencing the behaviour of the frame. This paper presents the results of the investigation of the behaviour of RC frame buildings with the INODIS system that decouples masonry infills from the surrounding frame. Effect of masonry infill decoupling was investigated first on the one-bay onestorey frame. This was used as a base for parametric study on the frames with more bays and storeys, as well as on the building level. Change of stiffness and dynamic characteristics was analysed as well as response under earthquake loading. Comparison with the bare frame and traditionally infilled frame was performed. The results show that behaviour of the decoupled infilled frames is similar to the bare frame, whereas behaviour of frames with traditional infills is significantly different and demands complex numerical models. This means that if adequate decoupling is applied, design of},
  language  = {mul}
}
@article{MarinkovićButenweg2022,
  author    = {Marinković, Marko and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Experimental testing of decoupled masonry infills with steel anchors for out-of-plane support under combined in-plane and out-of-plane seismic loading},
  series = {Construction and Building Materials},
  volume    = {318},
  journal   = {Construction and Building Materials},
  number    = {1},
  editor    = {Ford, Michael C.},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1879-0526},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.126041},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Because of simple construction process, high energy efficiency, significant fire resistance and excellent sound isolation, masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures are very popular in most of the countries in the world, as well as in seismic active areas. However, many RC frame structures with masonry infills were seriously damaged during earthquake events, as the traditional infills are generally constructed with direct contact to the RC frame which brings undesirable infill/frame interaction. This interaction leads to the activation of the equivalent diagonal strut in the infill panel, due to the RC frame deformation, and combined with seismically induced loads perpendicular to the infill panel often causes total collapses of the masonry infills and heavy damages to the RC frames. This fact was the motivation for developing different approaches for improving the behaviour of masonry infills, where infill isolation (decoupling) from the frame has been more intensively studied in the last decade. In-plane isolation of the infill wall reduces infill activation, but causes the need for additional measures to restrain out-of-plane movements. This can be provided by installing steel anchors, as proposed by some researchers. Within the framework of European research project INSYSME (Innovative Systems for Earthquake Resistant Masonry Enclosures in Reinforced Concrete Buildings) the system based on a use of elastomers for in-plane decoupling and steel anchors for out-of-plane restrain was tested. This constructive solution was tested and deeply investigated during the experimental campaign where traditional and decoupled masonry infilled RC frames with anchors were subjected to separate and combined in-plane ‬and out-of-plane loading. Based on a detailed evaluation and comparison of the test results, the performance and effectiveness of the developed system are illustrated.},
  language  = {en}
}