Masonry structures, although classically suitable to withstand gravitational loads, are
sensibly vulnerable if subjected to extraordinary actions such as earthquakes, exhibiting …

Discrete models of solids have been motivated, in large part, by the discontinuous and
heterogeneous nature of material structure and its breakdown under loading. The …

In the history of our civilization, masonry structures date back thousands of years.
Considering the different types, geometries, and arrangements of masonry components, as …

Discrete element models are a powerful tool for the analysis of masonry, given their ability to
represent the discontinuous nature of these structures, and to simulate the most common …

This article investigates the damping behavior of masonry arch bridges under service loads
extracted from experimental data and provides guidelines on how to emulate this behavior …

Despite the vulnerability of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures to out-of-plane (OOP)
loading, computational methods that can efficiently simulate OOP failure at the building …

In recent earthquakes, unreinforced masonry (URM) structures built of masonry walls
containing openings such as doors and windows have been shown to have poor seismic …

In the seismic analysis of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures, the modeling of out‐of‐
plane (OOP) modes and their mechanical interaction with in‐plane (IP) loaded components …

This study investigates the influence of the uncertainty in material properties on the in-plane
lateral behavior and capacity of stone masonry walls via a stochastic discontinuum analysis …

Structural design of unreinforced masonry buildings in The Netherlands, recently exposed to
low-intensity ground motions induced by gas extraction, was not originally conceived for …