Flexible joints for seismic-resilient design of masonry-infilled RC frames
Masonry infills are among the most seismically vulnerable components in reinforced concrete frame structures. One promising mitigation strategy involves the use of rubber joints, which has shown potential in prior studies. However, further experimental and numerical investigations are needed to fully understand their effectiveness under realistic seismic conditions and to support evidence-based design. To address this, the EU-funded H2020 project FLExible JOInts for seismic-resilient design of masonry-infilled RC frames (FLEJOI) was conducted within the Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies (ERIES) project. Two identical RC frame prototypes with brick infills and different rubber joint systems were constructed and tested at the Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology - IZIIS in North Macedonia. The first system reduced panel stiffness and increased damping, while the second completely decoupled the infill from the frame. Both were subjected to extensive shaking table testing. This paper presents the resulting dataset, comprising detailed measurements from sensors monitoring the RC frames, infills, and joints - serving as a valuable benchmark for model validation and future research.
Authors
- Daniele Losanno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6857-8867)
- Dejan Filipovski
- Dejan Ivanovski
- Fabio Freddi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2048-1166)
- Marko Marinković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6642-8403)
- Vlatko Sheshov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1692-2064)
- Zoran Rakićević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5805-2562)
- Ben Rosen
- Jaymini Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5690-8630)
- Alessandro Lotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2313-5007)
- Bartolomeo Pantò (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-228X)
- Hamid Ahmadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6192-6275)
- Filip Manojlovski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7924-8089)
- Enrico Tubaldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8565-8917)
- Nikola Naumovski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8017-8535)
- Matija Gams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6633-8042)
- Fulvio Parisi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-0732)
- Angela Poposka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9118-4364)
- Maximilian Schroeder
- Aleksandra Bogdanović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9141-3174)
- Igor Markovski
- Prateek Kumar Dhir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-1913)
- Francesca Turchetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-9128)
- Julijana Bojadjieva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4047-7500)
- Toni Kitanovski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1127-8705)
- Ludovica Pieroni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4776-2179)
- Nemanja Krtinić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7056-5293)
- Christoph Butenweg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1478-6476)
- Antonio Shoklarovski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7269-4115)
- Udo Meyer
- Matija Bošković
Institutions
- Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (GB)
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- University of Strathclyde (GB)
- Durham University (GB)
- University of Trento (IT)
- German Medical Association (DE)
- University of Belgrade (RS)
- Oel-Waerme-Institut (DE)
- Zentralklinik Bad Berka (DE)
- Head Genuit Stiftung (DE)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (MK)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Data
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05515-6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.91
Funders
- European Commission
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme