The present manuscript deals with the seismic vulnerability assessment of existing masonry
churches, which is a fundamental process for risk and consequent prioritization analyses, as …

The relevance of the safeguard of masonry cross vaults is evident in churches, palaces, and
cloisters of most European countries. Nevertheless, their seismic behaviour is still an aspect …

In the literature, rigid no-tension models were generally observed to not perfectly predict the
response of dry-joint masonry arches to large support displacements and, in particular, to …

In this study, an experimental campaign is carried out on 1: 5 in-scale models of arches and
barrel vaults built with different brick patterns (radial and vertical), to investigate their …

The seismic response of three multi-span masonry structures has been investigated through
an advanced macro and micro-modeling FE-based approach. The structures with 1.27, 2.25 …

Support displacements are a major cause of damage to masonry arches. In the last
decades, the effect of large support displacements on the stability of masonry arches has …

Cross masonry vaults are common structural elements in historical buildings. They are
largely diffused in all European countries, including those characterized by higher levels of …

Masonry arches are a fundamental component of historical structures. The assessment of
the vulnerability of these heritage constructions to seismic loading requires reliable and …

In this work two novel one-dimensional curved finite elements able to reproduce the non-
linear response of masonry arches are presented. The proposed elements differ in the …

In this paper, the structural response of a segmental dry-joint masonry arch subjected to
increasing support displacements was investigated. The arch behaviour was analysed in the …