A Review On-Confined Masonry Construction

Abstract

Masonry structures are popularly built in many parts of India so it is necessary to provide suitable guidelines and safety rules for proper construction of masonry buildings.Confined masonry (CM) structures is appearing as anaccepted building construction technique in many earthquake-prone countries including India. India falls under four earthquake zones namely, zone II, zone III, zone IV and zone V. CMconstruction type has been known to perform well in numerousmajorseismic events, even though it started as an informal construction. This paper is a review of various experimental studies done by various researchers in India and around the world who studied and analyzed on seismic performance of CM buildings. This paper also gives summarized construction guidelines of CM construction and also gives a comparison of CM and reinforced concrete (RC) frame construction. This study shows that CM building construction if standardized in India, under proper guidance of engineers and building codes can prove to be a better alternative to seismic resistant masonry construction.