Earthquake Resisting Brick (Sis Brick)

Abstract

Sisbrick is a new class of earthquake-resistant building material that seismically isolates partition walls from the
main building structure, significantly reducing the tension between these two elements and, therefore, the damage incurred.
This paper is mainly dealing with developing a technique to isolate/insulate the masonry infill from the main structural frame
of the building so as to make the theoretical and practical considerations to be somewhat identical. This can be done by
providing such type of brick which will able to resist and absorb the movement at that point only, from where it transfers to
the whole infill so as prevent the formation of compression struts and consequently prevents the damage/failure to column or
other structural element with which it is connected.