The paper summarizes the results of an experimental research carried out on three-leaf
masonry walls of typical granite stone constructions from the North of Portugal. The research …

A large part of historical structures, currently in the European urban centres, is built with
stone masonry walls, frequently constituted by multiple leaves. A common typology …

Most of the ordinary buildings of Porto, Portugal, build up to early 20th century are made of
one-leaf granite walls with large stone blocks. The influence of stones' shape, internal voids …

The application of three different intervention techniques on three-leaf rubble stone masonry
walls are discussed here. Injections, repointing, and the placing of ties connecting the two …

The need for new retrofitting techniques is the consequence of an increasing interest in the
conservation of historic construction. The global behavior of a stone masonry structure is …

This paper presents an experimental campaign on multi-leaf stone masonry panels, scales
1: 1 and 2: 3, in both original conditions and strengthened with grout injections. The panels …

In a large number of monuments and buildings belonging to urban nuclei, the walls are
made of the so-called three-leaf stone masonry (ie, two stone masonry “face” walls with a …

In the paper, the performances of three-leaf stone masonry walls repaired by three different
techniques (injections, repointing and transversal tying), applied both singularly and in …

The results of an experimental campaign on multi-leaf stone masonry panels (scales 1: 1
and 2: 3), in original conditions and after consolidation with natural hydraulic lime grout …

Most historic centres in Italy are characterised by the presence of monumental and minor
architectures, often built by stonework multiple-leaf masonry. Its characteristics need being …