Flexible joints for seismic-resilient design of masonry-infilled RC frames

Filip Manojlovski; Enrico Tubaldi; Vlatko Sheshov; Zoran Rakicevic; Aleksandra Bogdanovic; Julijana Bojadjieva; Antonio Shoklarovski; Angela Poposka; Dejan Ivanovski; Toni Kitanovski; Igor Markovski; Dejan Filipovski; Nikola Naumovski; Francesca Turchetti; Marko Marinković; Matija Bošković; Christoph Butenweg; Matija Gams; Nemanja Krtinić; Fabio Freddi; Ludovica Pieroni; Daniele Losanno; Fulvio Parisi; Prateek Dhir; Bartolomeo Pantó; Hamid Ahmadi; Jaymini Patel; Maximilian Schroeder; Udo Joachim Meyer; Britta Rosen; Alessandro Lotti

doi:10.1038/s41597-025-05515-6

Flexible joints for seismic-resilient design of masonry-infilled RC frames

Filip Manojlovski^*, Enrico Tubaldi^*, Vlatko Sheshov, Zoran Rakicevic, Aleksandra Bogdanovic, Julijana Bojadjieva, Antonio Shoklarovski, Angela Poposka, Dejan Ivanovski, Toni Kitanovski, Igor Markovski, Dejan Filipovski, Nikola Naumovski, Francesca Turchetti, Marko Marinković, Matija Bošković, Christoph Butenweg, Matija Gams, Nemanja Krtinić, Fabio FreddiLudovica Pieroni, Daniele Losanno, Fulvio Parisi, Prateek Dhir, Bartolomeo Pantó, Hamid Ahmadi, Jaymini Patel, Maximilian Schroeder, Udo Joachim Meyer, Britta Rosen, Alessandro Lotti

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	1266
Number of pages	16
Journal	Scientific Data
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05515-6
Publication status	Published - 19 Jul 2025

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This work is part of the transnational access project “ERIES-FLEJOI”, supported by the Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies (ERIES) project (www.eries.eu), which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme under Grant Agreement No. 101058684. This is ERIES publication number D5.

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masonry infills
reinforced concrete
rubber joints

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Manojlovski, F., Tubaldi, E., Sheshov, V., Rakicevic, Z., Bogdanovic, A., Bojadjieva, J., Shoklarovski, A., Poposka, A., Ivanovski, D., Kitanovski, T., Markovski, I., Filipovski, D., Naumovski, N., Turchetti, F., Marinković, M., Bošković, M., Butenweg, C., Gams, M., Krtinić, N., ... Lotti, A. (2025). Flexible joints for seismic-resilient design of masonry-infilled RC frames. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 1266. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05515-6

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