[HTML][HTML] Assessment, repair, and retrofitting of masonry structures: A comprehensive review

A Keshmiry, S Hassani, U Dackermann, J Li - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the history of our civilization, masonry structures date back thousands of years.
Considering the different types, geometries, and arrangements of masonry components, as …

Shake-table testing of a stone masonry building aggregate: Overview of blind prediction study

I Tomić, A Penna, M DeJong, C Butenweg… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2023 - Springer
City centres of Europe are often composed of unreinforced masonry structural aggregates,
whose seismic response is challenging to predict. To advance the state of the art on the …

[HTML][HTML] Preliminary structural and seismic performance assessment of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba: the Abd al-Rahman I sector

MV Requena-Garcia-Cruz, E Romero-Sánchez… - Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This manuscript discusses some preliminary results on the structural and the seismic
performance of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, a UNESCO World Heritage. The area is …

On the use of a mesoscale masonry pattern representation in discrete macro-element approach

F Vadalà, V Cusmano, MF Funari, I Caliò… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents numerical investigations using the mesoscale approach coupled with
the discrete macro-element approach for masonry structures, ie, each macro-element …

Seismic fragility models for base‐isolated unreinforced masonry buildings with fibre‐reinforced elastomeric isolators

D Losanno, N Ravichandran… - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are highly vulnerable to seismic ground motion,
calling for quantitative risk assessment and mitigation programmes in different earthquake …

Numerical modelling for the seismic assessment of complex masonry heritage buildings: the case study of the Giralda tower

E Romero-Sánchez, A Morales-Esteban… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2023 - Springer
Existing heritage buildings can be especially vulnerable to earthquakes. They were
designed only considering gravity loads and some of them are located in earthquake prone …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of alternative equivalent frame approaches for the seismic assessment of masonry buildings in OpenSees

MV Requena-Garcia-Cruz, S Cattari, R Bento… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The equivalent frame (EF) idealisation of masonry structures is widely used in engineering
structures. Despite its simplifications, reliable numerical models can be produced to …

Equivalent frame idealization of walls with irregular openings in masonry buildings

S Cattari, AM D'Altri, D Camilletti, S Lagomarsino - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Within the framework of modelling of unreinforced masonry structures, the equivalent frame
(EF) approach is widely used for the seismic assessment. However, the definition of …

Multiscale procedure to assign structural damage levels in masonry buildings from observed or numerically simulated seismic performance

S Cattari, M Angiolilli - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2022 - Springer
The damage level (DL) is a fundamental metric in earthquake engineering and is particularly
effective for multiple purposes, such as correlating structural damage to consequences and …

An equivalent frame digital twin for the seismic monitoring of historic structures: a case study on the Consoli palace in Gubbio, Italy

D Sivori, L Ierimonti, I Venanzi, F Ubertini, S Cattari - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in computing performance and simulation tools allow today the
development of high-fidelity computational models which accurately reproduce the structural …