In the last few decades, discontinuum (or discrete, discontinuous) numerical modelling
strategies–ie those capable of representing the motion of multiple, intersecting …

Masonry walls are bulky and heavy and have therefore the potential to act naturally as a
protective system to blasts. Yet, they are known to have a limited flexural and torsional …

The fundamental objective of earthquake engineering is to protect lives and livelihoods
through the reduction of seismic risk. Directly or indirectly, this generally requires …

Unreinforced stone masonry (URSM) buildings without a box-like behaviour are very
vulnerable to out-of-plane failure modes in seismic prone areas. These may involve partial …

Despite the vulnerability of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures to out-of-plane (OOP)
loading, computational methods that can efficiently simulate OOP failure at the building …

In the seismic analysis of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures, the modeling of out‐of‐
plane (OOP) modes and their mechanical interaction with in‐plane (IP) loaded components …

Rocking motion is notoriously sensitive to the parameters that define it, with experimental
tests oftentimes being non‐repeatable. Therefore, validating numerical models using a …

This research focuses on the numerical modelling of the seismic behaviour of unreinforced
masonry (URM) structures with interconnected in-plane (IP) loaded and out-of-plane (OOP) …

This study aims to develop an innovative image-based 3D modeling-to-simulation
framework that can efficiently assess the hazard vulnerability of single-wythe masonry …

Groups of contiguous unreinforced stone masonry buildings are a common type of housing
seen in old European downtowns. However, assessing their response to earthquakes poses …