Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Portal Structures With and Without Brick Wall

Abstract

Indonesia is an area prone to earthquakes. This has a negative impact on building damage and increases the injury/death rate. Buildings have generally been designed to be earthquake-resistant. However, in planning does not consider the presence of a filler wall in the form of a brick wall. This research takes a study of existing buildings in the form of portals consisting of three floors. The portal was analyzed by pushover analysis method and modeled with no walls and with brick walls using seismostruct software. The results showed that brick walls have a significant influence on the behavior of structures, especially in increasing load-bearing capacity.