Masonry buildings are very popular all over the world, and generally, they are assemblages
of masonry units and mortar. However, they are prone to damage and even collapse due to …

Masonry has been probably one of the first structural materials used by humankind since the
first centuries of civilization in a variety of applications that spans from housing to …

This publication presents a study aiming a macro characterization of the mechanical
properties, suitable for future macro-scale numerical continuum-based analyses of a …

Masonry structures exhibit brittle behavior because they are made of materials that have low
tensile strength such as stone and brick. Fasteners called clamps made of wood or metal …

The seismic risk assessment of existing urban areas provides important information for the
process of seismic risk reduction in different phases of planning and emergency …

Although masonry pointed arches are quite widespread, there is still a lack of experimental
research dealing with pre-collapse dynamics. In this paper we present an experimental …

CAD-integrated constitutive modelling, analysis, and design of masonry structures Page 1
Technische Universität München School of Engineering and Design CAD-integrated …

Most of the computational approaches based on Heyman's theory rely on the safe theorem
and can only tackle kinematical problems (KPs) with non-homogeneous boundary …

In general, the stone pagoda structures with discontinuous surfaces are vulnerable to lateral
forces and are severely damaged by earthquakes. After the Gyeongju earthquake in 2016 …

The Mostar Bridge was built in 1557 by Mimar Hajruddin and continued its existence until
1993. It was destroyed by Croatian artillery fire during the Bosnian War and the stones used …