Rocking Response of Solid Blocks on Rigid and Flexible Foundations

Author M A ELGAWADY, Q MA, J BUTTERWORTH, and J M INGHAM Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland Abstract The rocking response of rigid blocks with aspect ratios of 3 and 5 was investigated, with particular focus on the possible...

Time Dependent Behaviour of Historic Masonry: A Probabilistic Model

Author A ANZANI, E GARAVAGLIA and L BINDA Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Abstract Among the factors which are peculiar to ancient masonry structures, creep and the creep-fatigue interaction have been shown to influence strongly...

Analysis of In-plane Damage of Unreinforced Masonry Walls

Author Y SHI and D D’ AYALA Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath Abstract This paper reports on a test program which aims to validate former theoretical work carried out at the University of Bath, correlating seismic damage mechanisms...

Torsion Shear Test for Mortar Joints in Masonry

Author M J MASIA(1), Y HAN(1) and M R S CORREA(2) (1) Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia (2) Department of Structural Engineering, EESC/USP, Brazil Abstract The paper describes a new...

Dynamic Analysis of a Spanish Masonry Bell Tower

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...

On the Analysis of Regular Masonry Walls

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...

Seismic Evaluation of a Heritage Brick Masonry School Building

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...

Towards a New Theory for Masonry Vaults Assessment

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...

Poisson Behaviour of Bedding Mortar Under Multiaxial Stress State

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...

In-Plane Cyclic Behaviour of Load Bearing Masonry Walls

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...

Sensitivity Analysis of the Mortar-Aggregate Ratio Procedure

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...