Investigations of post-seismic events show that the collapse of walls in out-of-plane (OOP)
two-way bending can be one of the most predominant failure mechanisms for unreinforced …

The results of an investigation of the probability of earthquake damage to nonstructural
unreinforced masonry (URM) components are presented. The components include …

Past earthquakes have shown the high vulnerability of existing masonry buildings,
particularly to out-of-plane local collapse mechanisms. Such mechanisms can be prevented …

Unrestrained unreinforced clay brick masonry (URM) parapets are freestanding wall
elements found atop a large number of vintage URM buildings. Parapets are considered to …

An in-situ unreinforced masonry (URM) wall testing programme was conducted to study the
effects of as-built wall boundary conditions on its out-of-plane strength. In total, eight …

Extensive research has been performed previously on assessing the out-of-plane (OOP)
seismic performance of unreinforced fired clay brick masonry (URM) walls and the retrofitting …

A procedure is proposed to evaluate the dynamic out-of-plane stability of cracked
unreinforced masonry (URM) walls located in multi-storey URM buildings. The equations of …

Unreinforced masonry (URM) cavity-wall construction is a form of masonry where two leaves
of clay brick masonry are separated by a continuous air cavity and are interconnected using …

The typological analysis conducted in the companion paper is further expanded within this
work through the critical analysis of a new extensive building database specifically …

Due to the large number of existing unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings worldwide, and
the significant seismic risk that this building stock represents, it is important to quantify the …