Masonry is one of the oldest fundamental materials used in construction. Structures made by
masonry materials without reinforcement, however, routinely exhibit poor performance when …

In the last few decades, discontinuum (or discrete, discontinuous) numerical modelling
strategies–ie those capable of representing the motion of multiple, intersecting …

Abstract Extrusion-based 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) is rapidly gaining popularity in the
construction industry. Trial projects are now being realized at an increasing rate around the …

This study aims to improve our current understanding of the seismic assessment of load-
bearing unreinforced masonry (URM) systems by proposing a probabilistic computational …

The aim of this paper is to present the development of discontinuous approaches to simulate
the nonlinear dynamic behaviour of the civic clock tower of Rotella, in the province of Ascoli …

In this study, a novel computational modeling strategy is proposed to estimate the lateral
load capacity and behavior of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures. All commonly noted …

Earthquakes are among the most destructive natural disasters and have resulted in a
massive number of fatalities and economic losses all over the world. Simulated ground …

The accurate description of the dynamics of dry-joint masonry structures strongly relies on
the characterisation of the interaction at the units' interfaces. Several experimental …

This work presents a novel FE-based detailed micro-model approach, referred to as
Discontinuous Detailed Micro-Model (DDMM), for the nonlinear analysis of masonry …

This study investigates the effect of spatially varying material properties on the in-plane
seismic behaviour and capacity of an unreinforced pier-spandrel masonry system. The …