WITHDRAWN: Experimental study on the behaviour of RCC in-filled frame resting on sloped ground level

Abstract

Abstract The buildings located in hills with slope needs special attention in earthquake point of view while compare to that of the conventional RCC structures in flat surface. In hill slopes the ground level columns of structures will be of different height due to the nature of slope which leads to short column effect in shorter columns. This paper represents the Experimental investigation on the behaviour of RCC structures and its response in sloped regions of hills in which global retrofitting techniques was adopted by providing solid full infill in the short column effect zone where the columns in same storey of different heights. Through which the effect of infill on short column effect under lateral static cyclic loading was analysed. It was found that the Lateral load carrying capacity of RCC frame with infill improved significantly meanwhile the energy dissipation capacity of frame increased linearly. The various responses such as Stiffness, crack pattern, Energy dissipation and energy absorption of the RCC structure after the provision of infill in the frame with short column effect were experimentally analysed and studied. The energy dissipation capacity and lateral strength of RCC structure with short column effect were enhanced by provision of solid infill. In comparison with the RCC frame without infill, the damage evolution of frame with infill and short column effect was less affected under lateral load.