S09 598: DURABILITY OF CONCRETE BLOCKS INCLUDING INSULATION MATERIALS SUBJECT TO MOISTURE TRANSFER

  Bernard Barthou1, Lionel Monfront1, and Mounir Bendib1 1)  CERIB (Precast Concrete Industry Research Centre) CS 10010, 28233 Epernon Cedex, France e-mail: {b.barthou, l.monfront, m.bendib}@cerib.com Keywords: Moisture transfer, Simulation, Concrete masonry...

S09 608: PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE BLOCK SHEAR WALLS

Francesco Festorazzi1, Jocelyn E. Dickie2, Shelley L. Lissel3, and Oliver Fischer4 1)  M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Technical University of Munich, francesco.festorazzi@tum.de 2)  former PhD Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary 3)  Associate...

S09 623: EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELLING OF MASONRY WALLS UNDER DIAGONAL COMPRESSION LOADING

Roberto Capozucca1, Erica Magagnini1, and Giuseppe Pace1 1) Dept. of Civil Engineering Building and Architecture (DICEA), Polytechnic University of Marche Ancona (Italy) e-mail: {r.capozucca, e.magagnini, g.pace}@univpm.it Keywords: Historic Brickwork, Blockwork...

S09 626: MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MASONRY ON THE MACRO SCALE FROM EXPERIMENTAL TESTING AND NUMERICAL MESO SCALE MODELLING

Leidy Bejarano-Urrego1, Els Verstrynge1, Nathalie Van Roy1, Naveen Shetty1, Anastasios Drougkas1, Giorgia Giardina2, and Koen Van Balen1 1)  Building Materials and Building Technology Division, Civil Engineering Dept. KU Leuven Kasteelpark Arenberg 40, box 2448, 3001...

S09 635: BEHAVIOUR OF UNREINFORCED LATTICE MASONRY WALLS UNDER ONE WAY HORIZONTAL AND TWO WAY OUT-OF-PLANE BENDING

Mark J. Masia1, Goran Simundic2, and Adrian W. Page2 1) Associate Professor, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia e-mail: Mark.Masia@newcastle.edu.au...

S09 638: APPLICATION OF SEMI-INTERLOCKING BRICKS IN CONFINED MASONRY WALLS

Mehdi Hemmat1, Yuri Z. Totoev2, and Mark J. Masia3 1)  PhD Candidate, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability The University of Newcastle, Newcastle (Australia) E-mail: mehdi.hemmat@uon.edu.au. 2)  Senior Lecturer, Centre for Infrastructure Performance...

S09 639: UNI-AXIAL MONOTONIC COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES OF BRICK MASONRY IN INDIA

Padalu Pravin Kumar Venkat Rao1, Yogendra Singh1, and Sreekanta Das2 1) Dept. of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee Roorkee-247667, India e-mail: {ppkvr49, yogendra.eq}@gmail.com 2) Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue,...

S09 642: LATERAL STRENGTH OF URM PIERS: COMPARISON BETWEEN CODIFIED CRITERIA AND IN-PLANE TEST RESULTS

L. Albanesi1, P. Morandi2, F. Graziotti2, T. Li Piani3, A. Penna2, and G. Magenes2 1)  European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering – EUCENTRE via Ferrata 1, Pavia, Italy e-mail: luca.albanesi@eucentre.it 2)  Department of Civil...

S09 647: STATIC-CYCLIC IN-PLANE TESTS ON CLAY BRICK MASONRY RETROFITTED WITH A SINGLE SIDED FABRIC-REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS MATRIX LAYER, DEEP MOUNTED CFRP STRIPS AND FLEXIBLE ANCHOR CONNECTION

Ömer S.Türkmen1, Boy T. de Vries2, Simon N.M. Wijte3 and Ad T. Vermeltfoort4 1)  PhD Candidate at Department of the Built Environment, Section Structural Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. e-mail:...

S09 668: SIMPLIFIED NUMERICAL MODELLING OF STRUCTURAL UNITS INTO MASONRY BUILDING COMPOUNDS: AN EQUIVALENT FRAME METHOD BASED APPROACH

Antonio Formisano1, Alfredo Massimilla1, Marianna Formisano2 and Gabriele Milani2 1)  Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples “Federico II” Piazzale V. Tecchio, 80 – 80125 Naples (Italy) e-mail: antoform@unina.it,...

S09 672: FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF THE SIMULATION OF THE PHYSICAL DURABILITY OF JOINT REPAIR FOR TRADITIONAL BRICK MASONRY

Nathalie Van Roy1, Els Verstrynge1, Hans Janssen2, Evy Vereecken2, and Koen Van Balen3 1) Department of Civil Engineering, Building Materials and Technology Section, KU Leuven Kasteelpark Arenberg 40, box 2448, 3001 Heverlee (Belgium) e-mail:...

S10 042: A NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF MASONRY USING THE DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD

Vasilis Sarhosis1, and José V. Lemos2 1)  Assistant Professor School of Engineering, Newcastle University, NE1 3AB, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK e-mail: vasilis.sarhosis@newcastle.ac.uk 2)  Principal Researcher National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Avenida do Brasil,...

S10 432: CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSIONS FOR THE MACROSCOPIC ELASTIC CONSTANTS OF FLEMISH BOND MASONRY WALLS

Alberto Taliercio1 1)  Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan (Italy) e-mail: alberto.taliercio@polimi.it Keywords: Masonry, Flemish bond, Homogenization, Elastic constants, Method of Cells....

S10 502: EXPERIMENTAL-NUMERICAL STRATEGIES FOR THE CALIBRATION OF DETAILED MASONRY MODELS

Corrado Chisari1, Lorenzo Macorini1, Bassam A. Izzuddin1, and Claudio Amadio2 1)  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom e-mail: {c.chisari12, l.macorini, b.izzuddin}@imperial.ac.uk 2)  Department of...

S10 515: AN ADAPTIVE MULTISCALE APPROACH FOR MODELING FAILURE IN UNREINFORCED MASONRY STRUCTURES

Cedric Driesen*, and Bram Vandoren Construction Engineering Research Group, Hasselt University Diepenbeek, Belgium *e-mail: cedric.driesen@uhasselt.be Keywords: Masonry, Multiscale, Homogenization, Efficiency. Abstract. Masonry consists of bricks and mortar, each...

S10 523: MODELLING OF NONLINEAR BEHAVIOUR AT HIGH TEMPERATURE OF REFRACTORY MASONRIES WITHOUT MORTAR

Nassima Yahmi1, Lucas B. Teixeira2, Alain Gasser1 and Eric Blond1 1)  Univ. Orléans, Univ. Tours, INSA CVL, LaMé (EA 7494) Polytech Orléans, 8 rue Léonard de Vinci, 45072 Orléans Cedex 2, France {nassima.yahmi,alain.gasser,eric.blond}@univ-orleans.fr 2)  RHI Magnesita...

S10 538: NUMERICAL ANALYSES OF MORTAR INCORPORATING THE VARIATION IN POISSON’S RATIO WITH INCREASING AXIAL LOAD

André Lübeck1, Gihad Mohamad2, Fernando S. Fonseca3, Alisson S. Milani4and Humberto R. Roman5 1)  Professor, Department of Structures and Civil Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil e-mail: andrelubeck@gmail.com 2) Professor, Department of Structures...

S10 554: ON THE DEGRADING/HYSTERETIC RESPONSE OF MASONRY UNDER SEISMIC LOADS

Domenico Liberatore1, Daniela Addessi2, and Marialuigia Sangirardi2 1) Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, „Sapienza‟ University of Rome, Rome, Italy Via Gramsci 53, 00197 Rome, Italy e-mail: domenico.liberatore@uniroma1.it 2) Department of...

S10 599: SIMPLIFIED TWO-STEP HOMOGENIZATION MODEL FOR FULL SCALE FRCM REINFORCED MASONRY PANELS OUT-OF-PLANE LOADED

Elisa Bertolesi1, Gabriele Milani2, and Bahman Ghiassi3 1)  ICITECH, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Hormigón, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia Camino de Vera s/n 46022, Valencia (Spain) elber4@upv.es 2)  Dept. of Architecture, Built Environment and...

S10 615: TWO-LEVEL HYGRO-THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF MASONRY ON PC CLUSTERS

T. Krejčí1, J. Kruis2, M. Šejnoha2, and T. Koudelka2 1)  Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague Thákurova 7, 16629 Praha 6, Prague, Czech Republic e-mail: krejci@fsv.cvut.cz 2) Department of Mechanics, Faculty of...