Nonlinear modeling of the seismic response of masonry structures: critical review and open issues towards engineering practice

S Cattari, B Calderoni, I Caliò, G Camata… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2022 - Springer
This paper provides a comphrensive review of the critical aspects of nonlinear modeling for
evaluating the seismic response of masonry structures, emphasizing the issues relevant to …

Uses and limits of the Equivalent Frame Model on existing unreinforced masonry buildings for assessing their seismic risk: A review

E Quagliarini, G Maracchini, F Clementi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the late 1970s, nonlinear static analysis have had an increasing use in the seismic
assessment of existing unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings. Different modelling …

TREMURI program: an equivalent frame model for the nonlinear seismic analysis of masonry buildings

S Lagomarsino, A Penna, A Galasco, S Cattari - Engineering structures, 2013 - Elsevier
The seismic analysis of masonry buildings requires reliable nonlinear models as effective
tools for both design of new buildings and assessment and retrofitting of existing ones …

Numerical simulation of the seismic response and soil–structure interaction for a monitored masonry school building damaged by the 2016 Central Italy earthquake

A Brunelli, F De Silva, A Piro, F Parisi, S Sica… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
Despite significant research advances on the seismic response analysis, there is still an
urgent need for validation of numerical simulation methods for prediction of earthquake …

Seismic fragility assessment of existing masonry buildings in aggregate

M Angiolilli, S Lagomarsino, S Cattari… - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The paper describes the derivation of fragility curves useful for the seismic risk analyses of
existing unreinforced masonry buildings inserted in aggregate. The L-shaped examined …

Shaking table test of a strengthened full-scale stone masonry building with flexible diaphragms

G Magenes, A Penna, IE Senaldi, M Rota… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
An extensive experimental campaign has been conducted at EUCENTRE to understand the
dynamic behavior of historic stone masonry structures and evaluate the seismic …

Acquiring reference parameters of masonry for the structural performance analysis of historical buildings

M Kržan, S Gostič, S Cattari, V Bosiljkov - Bulletin of earthquake …, 2015 - Springer
The structural performance of historical masonry elements can be understood provided the
following factors are known: geometry; the characteristics of its masonry texture and …

On the use of continuum Finite Element and Equivalent Frame models for the seismic assessment of masonry walls

S Cattari, D Camilletti, AM D'Altri… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
The assessment of the seismic vulnerability of masonry buildings requires reliable and
computationally efficient numerical models. Different modelling strategies can be adopted …

Masonry elements strengthened with TRM: a review of experimental, design and numerical methods

I Boem - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Textile-Reinforced Mortar (TRM) is a modern and compatible strengthening strategy for
existing masonry, which consists in plastering the walls by means of mortar layers with …

The effect of stiffened floor and roof diaphragms on the experimental seismic response of a full-scale unreinforced stone masonry building

I Senaldi, G Magenes, A Penna… - Journal of earthquake …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
An extensive experimental program was carried out at EUCENTRE, within a research
project on the evaluation and reduction of the seismic vulnerability of stone masonry …