The concept of seismic resilience plays an important role in seismic assessment of structures as it assesses the capability of a system to withstand an unwanted event, such as earthquakes, by estimating the losses and determining the system’s functionality and sustainability during and after such event. In this study, a framework was utilized to assess the seismic resilience of Reinforced Masonry Shear Wall (RMSW) buildings as well as studying the impact of incorporating Masonry Boundary Elements (MBEs) at the ends of RMSW. To achieve this goal, a ten-story RMSW building was numerically modelled in OpenSees to assess the seismic performance and resilience of the system when adding confined MBEs. The selected building is located in Montreal, Canada, and initially designed to be built having rectangular walls. Subsequently, the walls were redesigned to integrate MBEs at their outermost fibre to help increase the ductility and strength of the RMSWs. A full 3D wide-column macro-modelling approach was used to simulate the dynamic response of the archetype building. Validation of the modelling approach was done against available experimental tests as an initial step to ensure the robustness of the model in predicting the inelastic response of the building. Subsequently, the models were analyzed against multiple ground motion records using Incremental Dynamic Analysis to identify the initiation of collapse alongside developing the fragility curves of the building. The system-level seismic performance of the building was assessed after incorporating MBEs. The resilience of the building was assessed using the developed fragility functions, and a comparison was made to highlight the effect of using MBEs on the response of the studied RMSW building. The results showed a significant enhancement in the seismic resilience of the building by using confined MBEs at the shear walls’ extreme.

抗震性的概念在结构的地震评估中起着重要的作用，因为它通过估计损失并确定系统在此类事件发生期间和之后的功能和可持续性来评估系统承受诸如地震等有害事件的能力。在这项研究中，使用了一个框架来评估加筋砌体剪力墙（RMSW）建筑物的抗震能力，以及研究在RMSW末端结合砌体边界元素（MBE）的影响。为了实现这一目标，在OpenSees中对10层的RMSW建筑物进行了数值建模在添加密闭MBE时评估系统的抗震性能和弹性。选定的建筑物位于加拿大蒙特利尔，最初设计为具有矩形墙。随后，对墙壁进行了重新设计，以将MBE集成在其最外层的纤维上，以帮助提高RMSW的延展性和强度。使用完整的3D宽列宏建模方法来模拟原型建筑的动态响应。建模方法的验证是针对可用的实验测试进行的，这是确保模型在预测建筑物的非弹性响应时的鲁棒性的第一步。后来，使用增量动态分析针对多个地面运动记录对模型进行了分析，以识别倒塌的发生并建立建筑物的脆弱性曲线。结合MBE后，评估了建筑物的系统级抗震性能。使用开发的脆弱性功能评估了建筑物的弹性，并进行了比较以突出使用MBE对研究的RMSW建筑物响应的影响。结果表明，通过在剪力墙的极限位置使用受限的MBE，可以显着提高建筑物的抗震能力。并进行了比较，以突出显示使用MBE对所研究的RMSW建筑物响应的影响。结果表明，通过在剪力墙的极限位置使用受限的MBE，可以显着提高建筑物的抗震能力。并进行了比较，以突出显示使用MBE对研究的RMSW建筑物响应的影响。结果表明，通过在剪力墙的极限位置使用受限的MBE，可以显着提高建筑物的抗震能力。