Yaman, Tugce SevilCanbay, Erdem2024-07-182024-07-1820140965-0911https://doi.org/10.1680/stbu.11.00076https://hdl.handle.net/11411/8109In addition to high seismicity, poor construction quality, incorrect detailing and structural mistakes in Turkey have caused enormous loss of life and property. Therefore, seismic rehabilitation has been a major topic for civil engineers in Turkey. The object of this research is to develop a simple method that will provide strengthening of buildings without evacuating the inhabitants. This study is based on application of steel-fibre-reinforced mortar on masonry infill walls with the aim of converting nonstructural partition walls into load-carrying walls. The specimens were one-third scale, two-storey, single-bay reinforced concrete frames with hollow brick masonry infills. The main variables were the ratio of fibre (0% and 2%), fibre reinforced mortar thickness (0, 10 and 20 mm), existence of anchorage (non-anchored or anchored) and type of fibres (steel fibre, polypropylene fibre or hybrid fibre). Strengthening by the application of steel-fibre-reinforced mortar on infill walls of frames retarded the early out of plane failure of the walls and converted the existing non-structural walls into load-carrying walls, so that the strength, stiffness and energy dissipation capacity of the frame increased significantly.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessRehabilitation, Reclamation & RenovationStrength And Testing Of MaterialsSeismic EngineeringMechanical-PropertiesTurkey EarthquakeRc FramesBehaviorPerformanceColumnsArticle2-s2.0-8489692339410.1680/stbu.11.00076141Q33167Q4WOS:000329457700002