TY  - JOUR
A1  - Marinković, Marko
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
ED  - Ford, Michael C.
T1  - Experimental testing of decoupled masonry infills with steel anchors for out-of-plane support under combined in-plane and out-of-plane seismic loading
JF  - Construction and Building Materials
N2  - 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.
KW  - Masonry infill
KW  - Reinforced concrete frame
KW  - Earthquake
KW  - INSYSME
KW  - Decoupling
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.126041
SN  - 1879-0526
SN  - 0950-0618
VL  - 318
IS  - 1
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Morandi, Paolo
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - Breis, Khaled
A1  - Beyer, Katrin
A1  - Magenes, Guido
ED  - Ansal, Atilla
T1  - Latest findings on the behaviour factor q for the seismic design of URM buildings
JF  - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
N2  - 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.
KW  - Unreinforced masonry buildings
KW  - Modern constructions
KW  - Seismic design
KW  - Linear elastic analysis
KW  - Behaviour factor q
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-022-01419-7
SN  - 1573-1456
SN  - 1570-761X
VL  - 20
IS  - 11
SP  - 5797
EP  - 5848
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - Marinkovic, Marko
A1  - Phlipp, Michel
A1  - Lins, Robin
A1  - Renaut, Philipp
ED  - Haghsheno, Shervin
T1  - Isolierung und BIM-basiertes Bauwerksmonitoring des neuen Gebäudekomplexes für das BioSense-Institut in Novi Sad, Serbien
JF  - Bauingenieur
N2  - Im Norden von Serbien erfolgt in Novi Sad der Neubau eines modernen Forschungsgebäudes für das BioSense-Institut mit finanzieller Unterstützung durch die Eu-ropäische Union. Der Gebäudeteil mit Laboren wird zum Schutz und zur Sicherstellung des reibungslosen Betriebs der sensiblen und kapitalintensiven technischen Einbauten mit ei-ner Erdbebenisolierung mit integrierter Körperschallisolation versehen. Zusätzlich wird der entkoppelte Laborteil des For-schungsgebäudes mit einem BIM-basierten Bauwerksmonito-ring versehen, um Änderungen des Gebäudezustands jederzeit abfragen und beurteilen zu können.
KW  - BIM
KW  - Sensor
KW  - Monitoring
KW  - Bauwerksüberwachung
KW  - Basisisolierung
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.37544/0005-6650-2022-06-28
SN  - 1436-4867
SN  - 0005-6650
N1  - D-A-CH-Teil
VL  - 97
IS  - 6
SP  - S3
EP  - S5
PB  - VDI Fachmedien
CY  - Düsseldorf
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kubalski, Thomas
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - El-Deib, Khaled
ED  - Jesse, Dirk
T1  - Vereinfachte Berücksichtigung der Rahmentragwirkung in Mauerwerksgebäuden
T1  - Simplified consideratioon of framing effects in masonry buildings
JF  - Bautechnik
N2  - Aufgrund der gestiegenen Anforderungen durch höhere Ein-wirkungen aus Wind und Erdbeben ist eine Verbesserung und Optimierung der Berechnungs- und Bemessungsansätze für Mauerwerksbauten erforderlich. Eine bessere Ausnutzung der Tragwerksreserven ist durch die Berücksichtigung der Rah-mentragwirkung mit einer Aktivierung der Deckenscheiben in den Rechenmodellen möglich, die in der Praxis aufgrund der Komplexität der Wand-Decken-Interaktion bislang nicht aus-genutzt wird. Im vorliegenden Aufsatz wird ein vereinfachter Ansatz auf Grundlage der mitwirkenden Plattenbreite von Schubwänden aus Mauerwerk vorgestellt, der die wesentli-chen Einfl ussfaktoren in parametrisierten Tabellen erfasst. Damit steht den Tragwerksplanern ein einfach anwendbares Werkzeug zur Verfügung, um die Rahmentragwirkung in der Mauerwerksbemessung anzusetzen.
N2  - Due to the increased requirements resulting from higher wind and earthquake loads, it is necessary to improve and optimise the calculation and design approaches for masonry structures. An important contribution to a better utilisation of the structural load-bearing reserves is the consideration of the framing ef-fects through the activation of the fl oor slabs in the calculation models, which has not been utilised in practice so far due to the complexity of the wall-slab interaction. The paper presents a simplifi ed approach based on the contributory slab width, which captures the essential infl uencing factors in parameter-ised tables. This provides structural engineers with a simple tool to exploit the frame load-bearing effect in masonry design.
KW  - Rahmentragwirkung
KW  - Mauerwerksgebäude
KW  - Wand-Decken-Interaktion
KW  - Momentenverteilung
KW  - DIN EN 1996
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bate.202200081
SN  - 0932-8351
SN  - 1437-0999
VL  - 99
IS  - 12
SP  - 865
EP  - 928
PB  - Ernst & Sohn
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Morandi, Paolo
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - Breis, Khaled
A1  - Beyer, Katrin
A1  - Magenes, Guido
ED  - Arion, Christian
ED  - Scupin, Alexandra
ED  - Ţigănescu, Alexandru
T1  - Behaviour factor q for the seismic design of URM buildings
T2  - The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology September 4 – September 9, 2022, Bucharest
N2  - 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.
KW  - unreinforced masonry buildings
KW  - modern constructions
KW  - seismic design
KW  - linear elastic analysis;
KW  - behaviour factor q
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-973-100-533-1
SP  - 1184
EP  - 1194
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Marinkovic, Marko
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
T1  - Numerical analysis of the in-plane behaviour of decoupled masonry infilled RC frames
JF  - Engineering Structures
N2  - Damage of reinforced concrete (RC) frames with masonry infill walls has been observed after many earthquakes. Brittle behaviour of the masonry infills in combination with the ductile behaviour of the RC frames makes infill walls prone to damage during earthquakes. Interstory deformations lead to an interaction between the infill and the RC frame, which affects the structural response. The result of this interaction is significant damage to the infill wall and sometimes to the surrounding structural system too. In most design codes, infill walls are considered as non-structural elements and neglected in the design process, because taking into account the infills and considering the interaction between frame and infill in software packages can be complicated and impractical. A good way to avoid negative aspects arising from this behavior is to ensure no or low-interaction of the frame and infill wall, for instance by decoupling the infill from the frame. This paper presents the numerical study performed to investigate new connection system called INODIS (Innovative Decoupled Infill System) for decoupling infill walls from surrounding frame with the aim to postpone infill activation to high interstory drifts thus reducing infill/frame interaction and minimizing damage to both infills and frames. The experimental results are first used for calibration and validation of the numerical model, which is then employed for investigating the influence of the material parameters as well as infill’s and frame’s geometry on the in-plane behaviour of the infilled frames with the INODIS system. For all the investigated situations, simulation results show significant improvements in behaviour for decoupled infilled RC frames in comparison to the traditionally infilled frames.
KW  - Seismic loading
KW  - Earthquake
KW  - In-plane performance, isolation
KW  - Infill wall design
KW  - Numerical modelling
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114959
SN  - 0141-0296
VL  - 272
IS  - 1
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Blanke, Tobias
A1  - Schmidt, Katharina S.
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Döring, Bernd
A1  - Frisch, Jérôme
A1  - van Treeck, Christoph
ED  - Weidlich, Anke
ED  - Neumann, Dirk
ED  - Gust, Gunther
ED  - Staudt, Philipp
ED  - Schäfer, Mirko
T1  - Time series aggregation for energy system design: review and extension of modelling seasonal storages
T2  - Energy Informatics
N2  - Using optimization to design a renewable energy system has become a computationally demanding task as the high temporal fluctuations of demand and supply arise within the considered time series. The aggregation of typical operation periods has become a popular method to reduce effort. These operation periods are modelled independently and cannot interact in most cases. Consequently, seasonal storage is not reproducible. This inability can lead to a significant error, especially for energy systems with a high share of fluctuating renewable energy. The previous paper, “Time series aggregation for energy system design: Modeling seasonal storage”, has developed a seasonal storage model to address this issue. Simultaneously, the paper “Optimal design of multi-energy systems with seasonal storage” has developed a different approach. This paper aims to review these models and extend the first model. The extension is a mathematical reformulation to decrease the number of variables and constraints. Furthermore, it aims to reduce the calculation time while achieving the same results.
KW  - Energy system
KW  - Renewable energy
KW  - Mixed integer linear programming (MILP)
KW  - Typical periods
KW  - Time-series aggregation
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42162-022-00208-5
SN  - 2520-8942
N1  - Proceedings of the 11th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics, 15-16 September 2022, Freiburg, Germany.
VL  - 5
IS  - 1, Article number: 17
SP  - 1
EP  - 14
PB  - Springer Nature
ER  -