Performance-based design plays a significant role in the structural and earthquake engineering community to ensure both safety and economic feasibility. Its application to …
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 …
Abstract Protecting Cultural Heritage (CH) sites is an important and demanding task. One of the threats with the most disastrous consequences to the CH is the seismic action, as …
The fact that linear analysis is still the most used procedure in the design engineering offices, studies which addresses issues associated to the estimation of the structural …
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This paper presents research concerning the numerical simulation of existing masonry buildings when subjected to pushover analysis. A nonlinear static analysis is undertaken …
Masonry is one of the most used construction materials for structural and non-structural elements. The number of masonry constructions is still remarkable in countries where the …
Past seismic events showed that irregular structures are subjected to more damage compared to the regular ones. Although seismic codes prohibit or discourage irregularities …
Past seismic events showed that irregular structures are subjected to more damage compared to the regular ones. Although seismic codes prohibit or discourage irregularities …