ABSTRACT
Shaking table tests carried out at the University of Bristol provided insight into the behaviour of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames. Two models of simple buildings were constructed in 1:4 reduced scale according to modelling demands of true replica modelling techniques. Models were excited by a series of horizontal dwell motions with gradually increasing amplitude. Frequencies of dwells were set before each test run to be about 10% lower than the first natural frequencies of the models to encounter resonance during test runs. The behaviour of models during test runs was similar to expected behaviour of full-scale models. The obtained data will be used in future in development of mathematical models for simulation of in-plane and out-of-plane response of infilled frames.
