In the last decades, a plethora of advanced computational models and techniques have
been proposed on the modeling, assessment and design of masonry structures. The …

This paper deals with the applications of unidirectional fibre-reinforced polymer tendons for
the reversible strengthening of masonry monuments. The tendons, anchored to the masonry …

This report summarizes the main achievements and results of the work carried out within the
European collaborative research project SYNER-G. SYNER-G developed an innovative …

During August 1953 three strong earthquakes of magnitude ranging from 6.3 to 7.2 shook
the Ionian Island of Cephalonia (Kefalonia), Greece, and destroyed almost the entire …

The seismic vulnerability of stone masonry buildings is studied on the basis of their fragility
curves. In order to account for out-of-plane failure modes, normally disregarded in past …

The paper presents a seismic safety assessment of unreinforced masonry (URM) building
using two approaches. The first approach uses the 'Pier Analysis' method, based on the …

Fragility curves are developed for stone masonry buildings with rigid or flexible floors and
varying number of storeys, plan dimensions, number of interior cross-walls, storey height …

1: University of Patras, Department of Civil Engineering e-mail: karmar@ upatras. gr, web:
http://www. civil. upatras. gr/en/2: University of Cyprus, Department of Civil and …

Static and eigenvalue FEA of geometrically similar brick and stone-masonry buildings show
that the former are seismically much more vulnerable. The reason is not only the lower …

Background: Preservation of listed buildings, depending on the importance of each one,
requires the conservation of the whole structure or of only the external walls, often called …