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

This paper presents a force-based equivalent frame procedure applied to analyse masonry
walls structural response under cyclic loadings. The presented macroelement formulation …

As vertically perforated clay block masonry advances into more demanding building
categories, knowledge of the effective masonry strength under different loading states …

A numerical investigation of masonry walls subjected to blast loads is presented in this
article. A non-linear finite element model is proposed to describe the structural response of …

Finite element software is nowadays an essential part of a structural engineer's modeling
process. The simulations range from trivial linear elastic models to highly non-linear ones …

South Africa has a housing shortage estimated in excess of 2 million units. This backlog is
being addressed predominantly with the construction of 40m2 low-cost, single storey …

The mechanical behavior of mortar joints can be described by means of the cohesive
interface element in the mesoscale modeling of masonry structures. In this paper, a novel …

Unreinforced and reinforced masonry walls are essential elements in low-to-medium-rise
residential and commercial buildings. They play an indispensable role in both vertical and …

Studies on alternative masonry units (AMUs) at Stellenbosch University seek to reduce the
environmental impact that conventional masonry units (concrete masonry units [CMUs] and …

The development of the sliding-based modification method for the seismic in-plane behavior
of structural unreinforced masonry (URM) walls is the objective of the present research …