Challenges and perspectives for the protection of masonry structures in historic centers: the role of innovative materials and techniques [PDF]
, 2016 Lessons learned from natural events which caused severe damage to existing constructions have repeatedly shown the high vulnerability of historically important masonry, often worsened by inaccurate or dubious applications of modern or innovative ...
Valluzzi, Maria Rosa
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Capacity degradation and crack pattern development in a multi-storey unreinforced masonry building
Građevinar, 2015 A seismic assessment of a typical unreinforced masonry residential building without tie beams is presented in the paper. The numerical analysis was conducted according to the finite-element method using experimental data on the quality of the masonry ...
Naida Ademović, Mustafa Hrasnica
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Semi Interlocking Masonry as Infill Wall System for Earthquake Resistant Buildings: A Review
The Journal of Engineering Research, 2016 Masonry is one of the most popular building materials. It has many excellent material properties and proven durability. Over time, masonry structures have evolved from massive walls, which work mainly through compression, to more slender walls, which ...
Y. Totoev, A. Al Harthy
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Seismic Retrofitting of Dual Structural Systems—A Case Study of an Educational Building in Croatia
Buildings, 2023 On 29 December 2020, a devastating Mw6.4 earthquake struck near the town of Petrinja, Croatia. The main earthquake was preceded by a Mw4.9 foreshock the day before.
Mario Uroš +3 more
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Finite element nonlinear analysis of high-rise unreinforced masonry building
Latin American Journal of Solids and StructuresA simple efficient algorithm based on compressive diagonal strength of unreinforced masonry walls is presented to determine capacity curve of unreinforced masonry building. The compressive strength is calculated based on a new close form solution.
A.H. Akhaveissy
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Multiscale computational first order homogenization of thick shells for the analysis of out-of-plane loaded masonry walls [PDF]
, 2017 This work presents a multiscale method based on computational homogenization for the analysis of general heterogeneous thick shell structures, with special focus on periodic brick-masonry walls.
Camata, Guido +5 more
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Buildings, 2022 Following the Zagreb earthquake in March of 2020, a destructive 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Croatia again in December of 2020. The Sisak-Moslavina county suffered the most severe consequences; many historical and cultural buildings were badly damaged.
Aida Salaman +3 more
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Out-of-Plane Seismic Response of Unreinforced Masonry Walls: Conceptual Discussion, Research Needs, and Modeling Issues [PDF]
, 2017 Modeling unreinforced masonry walls, subjected to seismic loads applied normal to their plane, has received much attention in the past. Yet, there is a general lack of conformance with regard to what aspects of seismic response a computational model ...
Abrams, Daniel P. +3 more
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Seismic safety assessment of unreinforced masonry low-rise buildings in Pakistan and its neighbourhood [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2009 Pakistan and neighbourhood experience numerous earthquakes, most of which result in damaged or collapsed buildings and loss of life that also affect the economy adversely.
K. A. Korkmaz
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Traditional timber frame walls: mechanical behavior analysis and retrofitting [PDF]
, 2015 Timber frame construction is characteristic of several historic city centres as well as of vernacular architecture in several countries around the world, either motivated by the availability of materials and construction traditions or by the need of ...
A.Bianco +9 more
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