[HTML][HTML] Seismic vulnerability assessment of pre-1945 unreinforced masonry buildings located in Queensland, Australia, using an index-based approach

N Khattak, H Derakhshan, TM Ferreira, NJ Perera… - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Australian state of Queensland (QLD) is home to numerous unreinforced
masonry (URM) buildings constructed more than 120 years ago. Many of these masonry …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the in-plane/out-of-plane interaction of brick and stone masonry structures using Applied Element Method

N Khattak, H Derakhshan, DP Thambiratnam… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research focuses on the numerical modelling of the seismic behaviour of unreinforced
masonry (URM) structures with interconnected in-plane (IP) loaded and out-of-plane (OOP) …

[HTML][HTML] Dataset from the detailed survey of vintage unreinforced masonry buildings in the State of Queensland, Australia

H Derakhshan, N Khattak, DP Thambiratnam… - Data in Brief, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to an identified need to have realistic geometries and boundary conditions of vintage
unreinforced masonry (URM) parapets and gable ends, this data collection study was …

Using heritage building registers to characterise unreinforced masonry buildings of Brisbane, Australia

N Khattak, H Derakhshan… - Australian Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Worldwide, unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are present in abundance with many
holding cultural and heritage value. URM buildings have a known history of poor …

Resolving the Location and Magnitude of the 1918 Queensland (Bundaberg), Australia, Earthquake

SS Martin, PR Cummins, JD Griffin, D Clark, TI Allen - 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT Eastern Queensland (Australia) was struck by a major earthquake at≈ 04: 14
am local time on 7 June 1918. Most previous studies have suggested that the epicenter of …