Research and practice on progressive collapse and robustness of building structures in the 21st century
Extreme events (ie terrorist attacks, vehicle impacts, explosions, etc.) often cause local
damage to building structures and pose a serious threat when one or more vertical load …
damage to building structures and pose a serious threat when one or more vertical load …
Once upon a time in Italy: The tale of the Morandi Bridge
Abstract On 14 August 2018 at 11: 35 AM, a relevant portion (about 243 m) of the viaduct
over the Polcevera river in Genoa collapsed, killing 43 people. The bridge was designed in …
over the Polcevera river in Genoa collapsed, killing 43 people. The bridge was designed in …
Towards Performance-Based Design of Masonry Buildings: Literature Review
Masonry is among the most widely used construction materials around the world.
Contemporary masonry buildings are primarily designed to comply with prescriptive building …
Contemporary masonry buildings are primarily designed to comply with prescriptive building …
2015 Nepal earthquake: seismic performance and post-earthquake reconstruction of stone in mud mortar masonry buildings
RK Adhikari, D D'Ayala - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2020 - Springer
The residential building typology of Stone in Mud Mortar (SMM) masonry contributed
significantly to the seismic losses caused by the 2015 Nepalese seismic sequence, also …
significantly to the seismic losses caused by the 2015 Nepalese seismic sequence, also …
Using the applied element method for modelling calcium silicate brick masonry subjected to in‐plane cyclic loading
The response of calcium silicate unreinforced masonry construction to horizontal cyclic
loading has recently become the focus of experimental and numerical research, given its …
loading has recently become the focus of experimental and numerical research, given its …
Applied element modelling of the dynamic response of a full-scale clay brick masonry building specimen with flexible diaphragms
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 …
low-intensity ground motions induced by gas extraction, was not originally conceived for …
Evaluation of the seismic retrofitting of an unreinforced masonry building using numerical modeling and ambient vibration measurements
Ambient vibration measurements and 3-D nonlinear time-history numerical modeling are
used to assess the retrofitting measures conducted in a 6-story unreinforced masonry …
used to assess the retrofitting measures conducted in a 6-story unreinforced masonry …
Numerical modelling of the out-of-plane response of full-scale brick masonry prototypes subjected to incremental dynamic shake-table tests
Structural failure of existing unreinforced masonry buildings, when subjected to earthquake
loading, is often caused by the out-of-plane response of masonry walls. Their out-of-plane …
loading, is often caused by the out-of-plane response of masonry walls. Their out-of-plane …
M-DEM simulation of seismic pounding between adjacent masonry structures
Seismic damage due to pounding between adjacent buildings is often observed after
significant earthquake events in old urban centers and globally recognized as a potential …
significant earthquake events in old urban centers and globally recognized as a potential …
Pragmatic seismic collapse meso‐scale analysis of old Dutch masonry churches
L Davis, M Cogliano, C Casotto… - Earthquake …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The demand for advanced nonlinear time‐history and seismic collapse simulations of old
unreinforced masonry (URM) constructions to support informed risk evaluation and …
unreinforced masonry (URM) constructions to support informed risk evaluation and …