Author PINEDA, P.; SÁEZ, A. University of Seville, Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis Abstract Ancient masonry buildings located in seismic areas present a significant challenge mainly in what concerns their diagnosis and the analysis of their...
Author OAN, A.; SHRIVE, N. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary Abstract Steel is used as reinforcement in concrete masonry walls to improve resistance against both in- and out-of-plane lateral loads. Most research on this type of construction has...
Author POPESCU, G.; POPESCU, R. IPCT STRUCTURI, Bucharest, Romania Abstract In the countries with a high seismic risk, like Romania, multi-storied masonry buildings are built with reinforced or confined shear walls that can resist better the lateral earthquake action....
Author OTA, N. and SUGIYAMA, T. Railway Technical Research Institute, Disaster Prevention Technology Division, Japan OKADA, K. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kokushikan University, Japan YAMAMOTO, A. Technical Research Institute, Obayashi...
Author AHMAD, N. ROSE School, IUSS Pavia, Italy CROWLEY, H. EUCENTRE, Pavia, Italy PINHO, R. Department of Structural Mechanics, University of Pavia, Italy ALI, Q. Earthquake Engineering Center, NWFP University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan Abstract...
Author RIBAKOV, Y. Ariel University Center of Samaria, Israel, Department of Civil Engineering Abstract Supplemental dampers are known as efficient devices for improving structural seismic response. Viscous, friction, yielding steel and other dampers were developed in...
Author GUNKLER, E.; DASHKHUU, O. Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Fachbereich Bauingenieurwesen Abstract For components subjected to concentrated loads it is assumed, that two-dimensional stresses are resulting in pressures higher than the one-dimensional...
Author PFEIFFER, U. André Rotzetter + Partner AG, Consulting Engineers, Baar / Zug SEIM, W. University of Kassel, Department of Structural Engineering, Kassel Abstract Masonry structures which are in-plane-loaded under various conditions can be post-strengthened...
Author SEIM, W. University of Kassel, Department of Structural Engineering, Kassel PFEIFFER, U. André Rotzetter & Partner AG, Consulting Engineers, Baar/Zug Abstract Post-strengthening of masonry structures with fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) is important. To...
Author BASOENONDO, E. A.; PURNOMO, H. Civil Engineering Department – Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia Abstract Clay brick has been used as a construction material for more than 5000 years, and still widely used in various places in the world including...
Author ENGINSAL, M. A.; GALAL, K. Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada Abstract An experimental and analytical study is conducted in order to investigate the flexural behaviour of masonry beams...
Author LU, S.; KASA, M.; HABIAN, E. Wienerberger AG, Austria Abstract An innovative kind of masonry construction has been developed by Wienerberger in order to use an especially developed Polyurethane-based 1-component adhesive for masonry. It is applied in shell...
Author KLOUDA, J. K. Dept. RDI, Technical and Test Institute for Construction – TZÚS Praha Abstract The design characteristics of masonry depend particularly on the type and quality of the mortar. The tendency to thinner mortar bed-joints in combination with...
Author LEITE, L.; SOUSA, H. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), Departamento de Engenharia Civil (DEC) Abstract Throughout the 20th century, the walls in the Azores evolved from stone masonry (exterior/interior) and plaster on timber framework...
Author BIGGS, D. Biggs Consulting Engineering PLLC, Troy, NY, USA Abstract Glazed terra cotta was most popular in the United States from the late-nineteenth century to the1930s. It was used as an inexpensive, lighter-weight, architectural alternative to natural stone...
Author SADEGHI, A.; POURAMINIAN, M. Civil Engineering Department, Azarbaijan University of Tarbiat Moallem, Tabriz, Iran Abstract Arge Tabriz is a masonry historical building in the city of Tabriz, NE of Iran. This structure iscomposed of a U shaped wall with varying...
Author MAHJOOB FARSHCHI, D. and MAREFAT, M. S. University of Tehran, School of Civil Engineering, Iran MOTAVALLI, M. EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Structural Engineering Research Laboratory and also University of Tehran, School...
Author HUSEMANN, U. and BUDELMANN, H. Institut für Baustoffe, Massivbau und Brandschutz, TU Braunschweig GUNKLER, E. Baustoffe und Massivbau, Fachbereich Bauingenieurwesen, HS Ostwestfalen-Lippe Abstract In the research project “prestressed masonry walls under seismic...
Author VACULIK, J. and GRIFFITH, M. University of Adelaide, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering MAGENES, G. University of Pavia, Department of Structural Mechanics Abstract A method for predicting the flexural capacity of unreinforced masonry walls...
Author JASI?SKI, R. The Silesian University of Technology, Department of Building Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering Abstract This paper presents results of investigations of five series of horizontality sheared masonry walls (51 specimens). The specimens...
