Abstract
The confining effect of infill panels on the hysteresis performance of the external beam-column joints has been studied experimentally. Four hinged joints and two rigid joints have been tested under cyclic loading with the interaction of infill panels on both the sides of the joints. The infill panels have remained subjected to different compression loads applied either at centre or at the end positions of the infill panels. This effect of infill panels has shown an increase with the increase in amount of compression load. The cyclic evaluation of hinged joints with infill panels has been used to determine the shear resistance of infill panels which has not only depended upon the amount but also on the location of compression load. It has been observed that the load-deformation diagrams of rigid beam-column joints with infill panels manifest a significant increase in the capacity of the joint by confining the joint with infill panels. The obtained capacity has almost been the result of the combined effects of two independent systems, ie. bare rigid joint system and compressed infill panel system.
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