Soft computing-based models for the prediction of masonry compressive strength
Masonry is a building material that has been used in the last 10.000 years and remains
competitive today for the building industry. The compressive strength of masonry is used in …
competitive today for the building industry. The compressive strength of masonry is used 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 …
Performance of unreinforced masonry walls in compression: a review of design provisions, experimental research, and future needs
AAA Blash, BHA Bakar, UJ Udi, BSA Dabbour… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Unreinforced masonry (URM) is a construction of brick or concrete block unit that is joined
together using mortar, without steel reinforcement. Because of the heterogeneous nature …
together using mortar, without steel reinforcement. Because of the heterogeneous nature …
Pushover analysis of unreinforced irregular masonry buildings: Lessons from different modeling approaches
The present paper addresses the seismic performance of a half-scale two-story unreinforced
masonry (URM) building with structural irregularity in plan and in elevation. The main …
masonry (URM) building with structural irregularity in plan and in elevation. The main …
Air-blast response of axially loaded clay brick masonry walls with and without reinforced concrete core
Brick masonry is being replaced by other lightweight compatible materials in the walls,
however, it is still being used. Almost all the old structures comprise of load-bearing as well …
however, it is still being used. Almost all the old structures comprise of load-bearing as well …
Out-of-plane seismic retrofitting of masonry walls with Textile Reinforced Mortar composites
S De Santis, G De Canio, G de Felice, P Meriggi… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2019 - Springer
Masonry walls are particularly vulnerable against out-of-plane seismic actions. Steel tie-bars
and crowing beams in reinforced masonry can prevent their overturning, but collapse may …
and crowing beams in reinforced masonry can prevent their overturning, but collapse may …
Benchmarking the seismic assessment of unreinforced masonry buildings from a blind prediction test
This paper presents a benchmark exercise for the seismic assessment of unreinforced
masonry (URM) buildings as a follow-up of a blind prediction test organized in the context of …
masonry (URM) buildings as a follow-up of a blind prediction test organized in the context of …
Quasi-static nonlinear seismic assessment of a fourth century AD Roman Aqueduct in Istanbul, Turkey
The majority of architectural heritage consists of load-bearing masonry components made
up of stone units and relatively weak mortar joints, yielding potential weak planes for …
up of stone units and relatively weak mortar joints, yielding potential weak planes for …
Effects of size and position of openings on in-plane capacity of unreinforced masonry walls
Z Liu, A Crewe - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2020 - Springer
In recent earthquakes, unreinforced masonry (URM) structures built of masonry walls
containing openings such as doors and windows have been shown to have poor seismic …
containing openings such as doors and windows have been shown to have poor seismic …
Methods and challenges for the seismic assessment of historic masonry structures
G de Felice, S De Santis, PB Lourenço… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the high vulnerability of historic structures to earthquakes, the approaches for
evaluating seismic demand and capacity still appear inadequate and there is little …
evaluating seismic demand and capacity still appear inadequate and there is little …