• HIREN JERAMBHAI DUDHAT
• Dr. DARSHANA BHATT
• Prof. VISHAL PATEL

A reinforced concrete building with masonry infill is most common type of construction in India. Traditionally, conventional clay bricks or concrete blocks which are heavy rigid materials have been used as Infill wall. Though, AAC (aerated light weight concrete) blocks which are lightweight, flexible building materials that provides insulation and fire resistance and have lower impact on environment, can be used as masonry infill (MI) material in buildings. AAC blocks are now also available in India. A number of researchers have studied the behavior of AAC in-filled reinforced concrete (RC) frames experimentally. The experimental result have shown that the AAC blocks infilled RC frame exhibits better performance subjected to lateral loads than that of conventional bricks infilled frames. The study of the effect of types of infill materials used on the performance of RC infilled frames is still limited. Hence in present report, comparative study of the effect of type of infill wall material on seismic response of structure has been presented. AAC blocks and conventional clay bricks materials are used for the comparison. To check the behavior of RC frames with both AAC block and conventional clay bricks infill, analysis has been done using ETABS. Two G+8 Storey building model are considered for Comparison. One is Bare frame with masonry infill and the other is Bare frame with AAC infill wall. The results have shown that AAC block as infill material performs better under seismic loading than conventional brick.

"COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN MASONRY AND AAC INFILLED WALL BUILDING UNDER DYNAMIC LOADING", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.324-331, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904E55.pdf

"COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN MASONRY AND AAC INFILLED WALL BUILDING UNDER DYNAMIC LOADING", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp324-331, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904E55.pdf