Author PAULO B. LOURENCO University o/Minho, Portugal Abstract Key aspects regarding the modelling of masonry subjected to out-of-plane loading are presented, including through thickness integration, comparison with experimental data on masonry strength and yield-line...
Author MILAD M. ALSHEBANI AND S.N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract Experimental investigation into the cyclic behaviour of half-scale brick masonry under biaxial compression – tension was conducted. A total of thirty-two square panels was...
Author D. LANGE-KORNBAK Danish Building Research Institute, Hctrsholm Abstract High strength mortars are commonly used to improve the strength of masonry but with limited or no gain in the load-carrying and deformation capacity. This is explained in the paper by the...
Author MM. REDA, and N.G. SIIRIVE Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Calgary Abstract Masonry often suffers from weak bond and low flexural strength. Thus, consistently better bond and bond strength would improve masonry. Noting I he presence of lime...
Author T.G. HUGHES*, M.C.R. DA VIES**, P.R. TAUNTON* AND P.O. BURROUGHS* * Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University * *Department of Civil Engineering, University of Dundee Abstract Masonry testing has been undertaken using scaled models for many years. These...
Author JORGE I. CRUZ-DIAZ*, ALAIN SELLIER*, BRUNO CAPRA*, PATRICK DELMOTTE** PHILIPPE RIVILLON**, AHMED MEBARKI* *Laboratoire de Genie Civil et Urbanisme, Universite de Marne-la-Vallee 2, Rue Albert Einstein, Cite Descartes, 77420 Champs-sur-Marne ** Centre...
Author Miklos Molnar Division of Structural Engineering, Lund University, Sweden Abstract The recent development of numerical methods to predict cracking of masonry due to loading by shear and in-plane horizontal tension has led to quite complex models with limited...
Author MARK G. STEWART and STEPHEN LAWRENCE Department of Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia Abstract Estimates of structural reliability (probability of failure) may be used to assess the...
Author G. SARANGAPANI*, B. V. VENKATARAMA REDDY**, and CASPAR J. W. P. GROOT*** *Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India **Principal Research Scientist, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore...
Author T. KVANDE* and K.V. H0ISETH** * Norwegian Building Research Institute ** MARINTEK Department of Structural Engineering Abstract The purpose of this investigation was to study the shrinkage behaviour of Light Expanded Clay Aggregate (LECA) masonry walls...
Author P. JUKES* AND J.R. RIDDINGTON** * School of Engineering & Information Technology, University of Sussex & K W Ltd., Leatherhead, Surrey ** School of Engineering & Information Technology, University of Sussex Abstract Although the triple! test is a...
Author T. KVANDE* and T. CONRAD]** * Norwegian Building Research Institute **AS Ing. Gunnar M. Backe, Norway Abstract In order to reduce the risk of cracking in masonry, it is important to use relatively dry1 units in construction, but drying concrete too early, and...
Author PAOLO FORABOSCHT University Institute of Architecture, Venice, Italy Abstract This paper deals with masonry arches strengthened with unidirectional Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) laminates or fabric strips, epoxy-bonded to the extrados and/or intrados. The...
Author MILAD M ALSHEBANI* and S N SINHA** * Al-Fateh University, Tripoli ** Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract Experimental investigations were conducted on forty two specimens of half-scale sand plast (a form of calcium silicate) brick masonry panels to...
Author G.C. ZHOU, M.Y. RAFIQ, G. BUGMANN and D.J. EASTERBROOK School of Civil and Structural Engineering University of Plymouth Abstract In this paper the Cellular Automata (CA) technique is used to model the boundary effect on zones within a panel in order to select...
Author Dr. K. RAMAMURTHY* and R. RADHAKRISHNAN** * Associate Professor, Building Technology and Construction Management Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India ** Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering,...
Author A. BARATTA and 0. CORBI Dept. “Scienza delle Costruzioni”, University of Naples “Federico It” Abstract In the paper the basic principles for the analysis of structures made from NRT (Not-Resisting-Tension) material are introduced, and...
Author MY. RAFIQ, G.C. ZHOU and D.J. EASTERBROOK School of Civil and Structural Engineering University of Plymouth mrafio@plymouth.ac.uk Abstract This paper introduces a new concept of a stiffness/strength corrector to model the variation in masonry properties in...
Author M. NART Dipartimento di Costruzione dell’Architettura Ististuto Universitario di Architetfura di Venezia Abstract This paper aims at developing an analytical model for the repair or upgrading of masonry domes using Fihre-Reinforced-Polymeric composite...
Author S. KOSMAS and I. CHRISTOS Civil Engineering Department, Aristotle University ofThessaloniki, Greece Abstract The results of an experimental programme concerning the determination of the mechanical characteristics of virgin and strengthened old masonry are...
