Seismic assessment of a lab-tested two-storey unreinforced masonry Dutch terraced house

R Esposito, F Messali, GJP Ravenshorst… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2019 - Springer
The exploitation of geo-resources in the northern part of the Netherlands (Groningen region)
is triggering shallow earthquakes, rising the need of assessing the current building stock …

A multiscale experimental characterisation of Dutch unreinforced masonry buildings

F Messali, R Esposito, S Jafari… - 16th European …, 2018 - research.tudelft.nl
In recent years, induced seismicity in the north of the Netherlands significantly increased. As
a consequence, the seismic assessment of the built environment, which mainly consists of …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution monitoring of the initial development of cracks in experimental masonry shear walls and their reproduction in finite element models

PA Korswagen, M Longo, JG Rots - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Induced seismicity in the north of the Netherlands has recently exposed unprepared,
unreinforced masonry structures to considerable earthquake hazard. While the ultimate-limit …

Monitoring of progressive damage in buildings using laser scan data

I Puente, R Lindenbergh, A Van Natijne… - … archives of the …, 2018 - research.tudelft.nl
Vulnerability of buildings to natural and man-induced hazards has become a main concern
for our society. Ensuring their serviceability, safety and sustainability is of vital importance …

From brick to element: investigating the mechanical properties of calcium silicate masonry

S Jafari, R Esposito, JG Rots - Structural Analysis of Historical …, 2019 - Springer
Since the 1980s in the Netherlands, the demand for accelerating the construction process
and subsequently reducing the construction costs has led to the replacement of traditional …

Photogrammetric solution for analysis of out-of-plane movements of a masonry structure in a large-scale laboratory experiment

LJ Sánchez-Aparicio, M Herrero-Huerta, R Esposito… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes a photogrammetric procedure able to determine out-of-plane
movements experienced by a masonry structure subjected to a quasi-static cyclic test. The …

Numerical study of pier-wall connections in typical Dutch URM buildings

D Fusco, F Messali, J Rots, D Addessi… - … on Structural Analysis …, 2021 - iris.uniroma1.it
In recent years, the seismic risk in the north of the Netherlands has increased due to gas
extraction. Since 2014, the Delft University of Technology started a research program to …

[PDF][PDF] 3D extension of an equivalent frame model for the characterization of the flexural behavior of Dutch masonry structures

N Damolin, WL Nobel, F Messali, JG Rots… - … Methods in Structural …, 2019 - academia.edu
The province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands was involved since 1990s in
induced seismic episodes caused by gas extraction. The intensity and frequency of these …

In-plane response of slender walls made of calcium silicate brick and element masonry

R Esposito, GJP Ravenshorst, JG Rots - Heron, 2021 - research.tudelft.nl
Due to the increase of induced seismic activities in the Groningen area (north part of the
Netherlands), the assessment of low-rise residential buildings with slender façade piers …

[PDF][PDF] Numerical study of pier-wall connections in typical Dutch URM buildings XII International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions …

D Fusco, F Messali, JG Rots, D Addessi, S Pampanin - congress.cimne.com
In recent years, the seismic risk in the north of the Netherlands has increased due to gas
extraction. Since 2014, the Delft University of Technology started a research program to …