Many older unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings feature timber floors and solid brick
masonry. Simple equivalent frame models can help predicting the expected failure …

Prepared by the Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings Committee of the
Codes and Standards Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE …

Cuenca is a city situated in a high-risk seismic zone, vulnerable to earthquakes, in particular
the Historical Center is quite vulnerable as defined in a previous seismic vulnerability study …

The seismic behaviour of masonry structures is, as well-known, strongly influenced by axial
stresses. During a seismic event, variations in axial loading cause in fact a change, that can …

This paper summarizes a study whose primary objectives were to develop a model for
nonlinear static analysis of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings, considering the flexibility …

The city of Cuenca, located in southern Ecuador, has a high level of seismic hazard. Within
the framework of the first stage of the seismic vulnerability project Seismic damage …

In this paper, an extensive parametric study was carried out to evaluate the dynamic
response of single degree of freedom (SDOF) systems with elasto-plastic and flag-shape …

Actualmente, son muy pocos los programas que se especializan en el análisis sísmico de
edificios de mampostería no reforzada. La mayoría de trabajos se han concentrado en el …

Masonry spandrels affect in-plane seismic performance of masonry walls in existing
unreinforced masonry buildings, as they guarantee an effective coupling between adjacent …

The mechanical behaviour of unreinforced and reinforced masonry spandrels is studied,
using the results of several experimental tests carried out on H-shaped full-scale specimens …