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Author H C UZOEGBO FBMS(1), R SENTHIVEL(2) and R PAVE(1) (1) School of Civil Engineering, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (2) Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal Abstract Single storey masonry buildings...
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Author A AZORÍN(1), S IVORRA(2) and F J PALLARÉS(3) (1) Ph.D Student, Technical University of Valencia (2) Department of Continuous Media and Theory of Structures, Technical University of Valencia (3) Department of Applied Physics, Technical University of Valencia...
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Author CH V UDAY VYAS(1) and B V VENKATARAMA REDDY(2) (1) Research Scholar, Dept., of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India (2) Associate Professor, Dept., of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India...
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Author A P RUSSELL(1), J M INGHAM(1) and M C GRIFFITH(2) (1) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland (2) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Adelaide Abstract Unreinforced Masonry (URM) was a very common...
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Author A Baratta and I Corbi Department of Structural Engineering, University of Naples, Naples, Italy Abstract In this paper in order to study the behaviour of a masonry wall, the Not Resisting Tension (NRT) model is assumed. Then a computational procedure for...
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Author L VAN PARYS, F DAGRAIN, T DESCAMPS and C COUDYZER Polytechnic Faculty of Mons, Department of Civil Engineering & Department of Mining Engineering Rue de Houdain 9 – 7000 Mons – Belgium Abstract For historical mortars, the on-site determination of...
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Author A AHMAD(1), K MOIN(2) and M QAMARUDDIN(3) (1) Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025, India (2) Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025, India (3) Emeritus Fellow, Department...
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Author A BARATTA and O CORBI Department of Structural Engineering, University of Naples, Naples, Italy Abstract In this paper a basic approach for dealing with masonry vault analysis is outlined. In practice, the fundamental issue in treating such structural typology...
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Author G MOHAMAD(1), P B LOURENCO(2) and H R ROMAN(3) (1) PhD Student of Civil Engineering department of Minho University, CAPES-MEC-UNIVALI-UNESC, Azurém- Postal Code: 4800-058, Guimarães-Portugal (2) Associate Professor- Civil Engineering department of Minho...
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Author C SUI (1), M Y RAFIQ (1), D EASTERBROOK (1), G BUGMANN (1) and G ZHOU (2) (1) University of Plymouth, UK (2) Harbin University of Technology (HIT), China Abstract It is not easy to construct an accurate FEA model for laterally loaded masonry panels. Model...
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Author F da PORTO, M GRENDENE, F MOSELE and C MODENA Dept. of Structural and Transportation Eng., University of Padova, Italy Abstract An extensive experimental research programme aimed at defining the mechanical behaviour of hollow clay unit load bearing masonry...
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Author J H GREENWALD(1) and J FARNY(2) (1) P.E., National Concrete Masonry Association; (2) Portland Cement Association Abstract Quality control and quality assurance for field mortar is often misunderstood and, therefore, the provisions of ASTM C 780, Standard Test...
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Author C SUI (1), M Y RAFIQ (1), D EASTERBROOK (1), G BUGMANN (1) and G ZHOU (2) (1) University of Plymouth, UK (2)HarbinUniversityof Technology (HIT), China Abstract The nature of model updating procedure is, in general, a reverse problem solving process. Due to the...
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Author A CARPINTERI, P BOCCA, G LACIDOGNA, A GRAZZINI and D MASERA Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, Politecnico di Torino (Italy) Abstract The long-term behaviour of brickwork is a key factor in the analyses performed in order to assess the damage...
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Author L M OTTOSEN and I RÖRIG-DALGÅRD Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark Abstract When a fine grained, porous medium is subjected to an electric DC field, transport of matter occurs, and the transport mechanism examined in the present...
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Author J VACULIK1 and M C GRIFFITH2 1PhD student, Dept of Civil & Env. Eng., University of Adelaide, jvaculik@civeng.adelaide.edu.au 2Associate Professor, Dept of Civil & Env. Eng., University of Adelaide, mcgrif@civeng.adelaide.edu.au Abstract This paper...
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Author A M YOUSRY1, K V HØISETH1 and J A ØVERLI2 1Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway 2Department of Civil Engineering, Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway Abstract 3D laser scanning...
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Author Y Z TOTOEV School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia Abstract According to the Australian Greenhouse Office, energy consumption in Australia will increase by 60% from 1990 to 2010. Almost 40% of energy used in households is for space heating...
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Author C ANSELMI, E DE ROSA and L FINO Dipartimento di Costruzioni e Metodi Matematici in Architettura, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy Abstract The analysis of the mechanical behaviour of masonry structures has already been the subject of a rich vein of...
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Author R SENTHIVEL, P B LOURENCOand G VASCONCELOS Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Azurem Campus University of Minho, P-4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal Abstract The behaviour of masonry under monotonic and cyclic loading is of vital interest for...
