Estimates for the stiffness, strength and drift capacity of stone masonry walls based on 123 quasi-static cyclic tests reported in the literature

F Vanin, D Zaganelli, A Penna, K Beyer - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
This paper summarises 123 existing quasi-static shear–compression tests on stone masonry
walls and evaluates the results to provide the input required for the displacement-based …

Shaking table test of a strengthened full-scale stone masonry building with flexible diaphragms

G Magenes, A Penna, IE Senaldi, M Rota… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
An extensive experimental campaign has been conducted at EUCENTRE to understand the
dynamic behavior of historic stone masonry structures and evaluate the seismic …

Unreinforced and confined masonry buildings in seismic regions: Validation of macro-element models and cost analysis

R Marques, PB Lourenço - Engineering Structures, 2014 - Elsevier
Modern design of buildings requires accounting for sustainability aspects using a life-cycle
perspective, but also the early design phase where earthquake actions have a significant …

Acquiring reference parameters of masonry for the structural performance analysis of historical buildings

M Kržan, S Gostič, S Cattari, V Bosiljkov - Bulletin of earthquake …, 2015 - Springer
The structural performance of historical masonry elements can be understood provided the
following factors are known: geometry; the characteristics of its masonry texture and …

Possibilities and comparison of structural component models for the seismic assessment of modern unreinforced masonry buildings

R Marques, PB Lourenço - Computers & Structures, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the possibilities of structural component models for the seismic
assessment of masonry buildings using pushover analysis. The ultimate goal is to allow …

[HTML][HTML] Machine-learning for damage assessment of rubble stone masonry piers based on crack patterns

A Rezaie, M Godio, R Achanta, K Beyer - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
Under seismic actions, stone masonry buildings are prone to damage. To assess the
severity of damaged masonry buildings and their failure modes, engineers connect these …

Efficiency and cost-benefit analysis of seismic strengthening techniques for old residential buildings in Lisbon

R Marques, P Lamego, PB Lourenço… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a study on the techno-economic efficiency of seismic strengthening
techniques for old residential buildings, with application to construction typologies in Lisbon …

Multivariable fragility curves for unreinforced masonry walls

S Rezaei, KM Dolatshahi, AH Asjodi - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Springer
This study investigates the effect of the variation of the properties of unreinforced brick
masonry walls, such as aspect ratio, prism strength, and axial load ratio, on determining the …

Confined masonry in seismic regions: Application to a prototype building in Nepal

O Acharya, A Dahal, KC Shrestha - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Confined Masonry (CM) has emerged as an economical and viable construction technique,
which is practiced in many seismically vulnerable zones around the world. Despite having …

Rope mesh as a seismic reinforcement for two-storey adobe buildings

N Tarque, M Blondet, J Vargas-Neumann… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2022 - Springer
Throughout the world, millions of people are at risk because they live in unreinforced
earthen dwellings, which have consistently shown extremely poor structural behaviour …