The masonry infill walls' seismic behaviour is being characterized by extensive damages
and out-of-plane (OOP) collapses due to combined in-plane and OOP loading demands …

The primary objective of this manuscript is to present a systematic review of experimental
studies regarding infill masonry walls out-of-plane (OOP) behaviour. An extended database …

The structural performance of historical masonry elements can be understood provided the
following factors are known: geometry; the characteristics of its masonry texture and …

A research project on the displacement capacity of contemporary unreinforced masonry
(URM) walls is underway at the Institute of Structural Engineering of ETH Zurich. The …

Extensive experimental research aimed at defining the in-plane cyclic behavior of three
types of load-bearing masonry walls, assembled with perforated clay units, and various …

Post-earthquake evidence indicates that traditional rural masonry structures in China do not
perform well when subjected to large intensity ground shaking. Because common cast-in …

The work presented in this paper deals with the development of a solution for structural
masonry walls to be used in zones with different seismic hazard and also a solution for …

The extension of the damages observed after the last major earthquakes shows that the
seismic risk mitigation of infilled reinforced concrete structures is a paramount topic in …

Full-scale single-room masonry buildings of different typology, ie, unreinforced (URM),
reinforced (RM) and Confined Masonry (CM) were tested under cyclic loading in quasi-static …

Abstract On October 23 and November 9, 2011, two earthquakes struck the Van Province in
eastern Turkey. Masonry buildings in the region were severely damaged. This paper …