While the influence of the component strength on the structural behaviour of Historic
Masonry Structures (HMS) is relatively well studied, few studies have investigated masonry …

Undoubtedly, heritage buildings serve as essential embodiments of the cultural richness
and diversity of the world's states, and their conservation is of the utmost importance …

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 …

This paper proposes a general equation to assess the crack inclination upper threshold
when non-periodic textures characterise masonry walls. The proposed formulation …

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 …

This paper presents numerical investigations using the mesoscale approach coupled with
the discrete macro-element approach for masonry structures, ie, each macro-element …

Abstract Classical Finite-Element and Discrete-Element strategies are expensive to carry
when analysing masonry structures in the inelastic range, under a seismic excitation, and …

Masonry structures populate European historic centres as both secular and sacred
monumental buildings. Several researchers focused on implementing advanced …

The present work aims to expand the knowledge of the behaviour of masonry corners, which
are capital to obtain an integral seismic response in masonry buildings. In particular, the …

A mechanistic model is presented for the strength prediction of squared columns made of
masonry with a periodic arrangement and strengthened with a fibre–polymer composite …