Although widespread in civil engineering construction, brick masonry walls usually designed
to resist only gravity loads are known to be vulnerable structural elements with respect to …

In this study, masonry and its material characteristics such as compressive strength of
masonry prisms, bricks, mortars as well as bond strength (ie, flexural and shear bond …

Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are one of the most common type of constructions in
developing countries, due to their reduced cost and ease of fabrication. However, the …

The exploitation of mineral resources would promote the development of economy and
society, but it will also generate massive waste/tailings that may pollute the environment …

Masonry material characteristics such as compression stress-strain behavior and the
relationships between brick, mortar, and masonry compressive strengths are required for the …

All around the world, non-engineered masonry constructions (NECs) typically have high
vulnerability to seismic ground motion, resulting in heavy damage and severe casualties …

Brickwork is a composite material with bricks as the building units and the mortar as the
jointing material. When this two element combined to form a brickwork unit, the properties of …

In the present paper, different full 3D FE numerical models exhibiting increasing levels of
complexity are presented, to have both an insight into the causes of collapse of the Finale …

A simple 2D model for the evaluation of the seismic performance of large scale unreinforced
masonry structures in-plane loaded is presented. The approach is fully two dimensional and …

The structural assessment of extant historical buildings constructed using ancient or
traditional masonry is a critical research area for seismic retrofitting. In this study, the in …