ABSTRACT A large part of the existing building stock was not designed according to the
current codes in seismic prone regions. The poor performance of some reinforced concrete …

Confined Masonry (CM) has emerged as an economical and viable construction technique,
which is practiced in many seismically vulnerable zones around the world. Despite having …

Taking into consideration the seismic vulnerability and the poor energy performance of the
European building stock, and the increasing socio‐economic and environmental need for …

The seismic retrofitting of existing masonry‐infilled reinforced‐concrete (RC) frame buildings
is one major challenge of earthquake risk mitigation. In this paper, the use of promising …

An extensive experimental program was undertaken which aimed at investigating the lateral
cyclic behavior of non-ductile masonry infilled RC frames strengthened with Ultra-High …

This research investigates the nonlinear behavior of scaled infilled masonry (IFM), confined
masonry (CM), and reinforced concrete (RC) structures by utilizing and validating two tests …

Distinct modeling strategies have been developed to simulate concrete masonry shear
walls; however, each is validated with a limited number of specimens tested under identical …

This study introduces the Intelligent Hybrid Global Optimization (IHGO) algorithm to improve
the predictive accuracy of neural network models for estimating the fundamental period of …

A comprehensive understanding of the concrete block masonry's mesostructure on its
macroscopic mechanical behavior is meaningful for modern masonry. The mesoscale …

This research investigates the nonlinear behavior of scaled infilled masonry (IFM), confined
masonry (CM), and reinforced concrete (RC) structures by utilizing and validating two tests …