Innovative decoupling system for the seismic protection of masonry infill walls in reinforced concrete frames

M Marinković, C Butenweg - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Reinforced concrete frame structures with masonry infills often exhibit serious damage after
earthquake events, as the infills are generally installed without additional constructive …

Experimental results of reinforced concrete frames with masonry infills under combined quasi-static in-plane and out-of-plane seismic loading

C Butenweg, M Marinković, R Salatić - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2019 - Springer
It is generally known that reinforced concrete frame structures with unreinforced masonry
infills frequently suffer severe damage when subjected to earthquake loading. Recent …

Integrated framework to structurally model unreinforced masonry Italian medieval churches from photogrammetry to finite element model analysis through heritage …

D Pirchio, KQ Walsh, E Kerr, I Giongo, M Giaretton… - Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel, integrated framework is proposed to assess the vulnerability of a case study
unreinforced masonry (URM) Italian church by applying interacting modern tools including …

An aggregated non-destructive testing (NDT) framework for the assessment of mechanical properties of unreinforced masonry Italian medieval churches

D Pirchio, KQ Walsh, E Kerr, I Giongo… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Medieval churches constructed of unreinforced masonry (URM) represent critical assets of
Italian architectural heritage. In order to preserve these churches against earthquakes …

[HTML][HTML] 3D FEA of infilled RC framed structures protected by seismic joints and FRP jackets

T Rousakis, V Vanian, T Fanaradelli, E Anagnostou - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study focused on characteristic cases of recently tested real-scale RC framed wall
infilled structures with innovative seismic protection through polyurethane joints (PUFJ) or …

Analysis of safety of slender concrete masonry walls in relation to CSA S304-14

AC Isfeld, AL Müller, M Hagel… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
The Canadian masonry design standard appears to be overly conservative in determining
the capacity of concrete block walls with slenderness ratios greater than 30. When …

Out-of-plane proof testing of masonry infill walls

D Dizhur, K Walsh, I Giongo, H Derakhshan, J Ingham - Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Proof testing of multiple fired-clay-brick unreinforced masonry (URM) infill walls set within
reinforced concrete frames was undertaken using airbags to simulate out-of-plane (OOP) …

[PDF][PDF] FE and DE modelling of out-of-plane two way bending behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls

F Galvez, S Segatta, M Giaretton, K Walsh… - 16th European …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are spread around the world and represent one of
the most earthquakeprone type of construction. Out-of-plane (OOP) collapse of URM …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of passive confinement on out-of-plane robustness of unreinforced masonry infill walls

S Pradhan, Y Sanada, Y Rokhyun, H Choi, K ** - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Unreinforced masonry (URM) walls are vulnerable to out-of-plane (OOP) collapse under
lateral loads; however, URM structures are still popular in develo** countries. Even in …

Influence of individual wall strengths on lateral strength of URM buildings constructed using low-strength masonry

T Choudhury, HB Kaushik - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Estimation of the lateral load-carrying capacity of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings is
essential for their design, vulnerability assessment, and rehabilitation. Lateral strength of …