Seismic Response of Rectangular RC Building with and Without Infill Walls Considering Soil–Structure Interaction

In the last few years, the tall, proportioned and irregular structure exhibits more risks during earthquakes. For interior wall and exterior walls of structure, infill walls are frequently used to fill up the space between beam and column frame. In this study, the influence of the response of infill walls on the seismic performance of the reinforced concrete building prone to lateral seismic loads is investigated. The exact modeling of the structure reflects on many structural aspects like strength and stiffness of the structure to resist the lateral earthquake load initiated by the earthquake. A comparative and parametric study is carried out with the help of joint displacement, axial force, maximum bending moment, shear force, time period, etc.