Seismic fragility and vulnerability assessment is an essential step in the evaluation of
probabilistic seismic risk. Ideally, models developed and calibrated for the building portfolio …

Masonry is among the most widely used construction materials around the world.
Contemporary masonry buildings are primarily designed to comply with prescriptive building …

Openings can have a significant effect on the seismic response of partially grouted
reinforced masonry (PG-RM) walls. Despite this, very few investigations have been carried …

This article presents an experimental study aimed at understanding the effect of openings on
the seismic response of partially grouted reinforced masonry (PG-RM) walls. For this …

As part of an ongoing research project into the seismic response of partially grouted
reinforced masonry (PG-RM) walls, this article presents the analysis of the experimental …

Constructions built with partially grouted reinforced masonry (PG-RM) shear walls are
common in several countries, and consequently, different construction solutions can be …

In recent earthquakes in Chile (eg, Maule's 2010 earthquake), buildings built with bed-joint
partially grouted reinforced masonry (BJ-PG-RM) shear walls made of multi-perforated clay …

This paper proposes specific ultimate shear strength expressions for partially-grouted
reinforced masonry (PG-RM) shear walls that are bed-joint reinforced (BJR) and made with …

Fragility functions are a key component of performance-based earthquake engineering
methodologies. They relate the response of the building, quantified by means of engineering …

This paper presents a study on the in-plane shear response of partially-grouted reinforced
masonry walls with bond-beam reinforcement. A database of 95 tests on partially-grouted …