Is modelling and analysis of historical masonry structures necessary? Is the experimental
behaviour of historical masonry constructions known? The answers seem to be 'yes', and …

The mechanics of masonry structures have been underdeveloped for a long time in
comparison with other fields of knowledge. Presently, nonlinear analysis is a popular field in …

In this paper, a simplified micro-model approach utilising a combination of plasticity-based
constitutive models and the extended finite element method (XFEM) is proposed. The …

Extrusion-based 3DCP is experiencing exponential advancement in process, control,
material, and fresh-state analysis technologies, strategically poising 3DCP to become an …

This contribution presents a multi‐scale framework for the computational study of masonry
structures. In order to overcome the need for excessively complex closed‐form constitutive …

In this Chapter we present the basic experimental facts on masonry materials and introduce
simple and refined models for masonry. The simple models are essentially macroscopic and …

Although the issue of the out-of-plane response of unreinforced masonry structures under
earthquake excitation is well known with consensus among the research community, this …

Conservation and restoration of historical structures are still a challenge to modem
practitioners even if significant research advances have occurred in the last decades …

The mechanical parameters (shear strength of bed joints) derived from triplet tests can
apparently be significantly different from those obtained through the so called “shove test” …

Do we need modelling and analysis of historical constructions? The answer seems to be yes
and this activity is receiving more and more attention in the challenging issues of …