S03 451: CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION IN UNREINFORCED MASONRY STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO REPEATED LOAD AND EARTHQUAKE VIBRATIONS

Paul A. Korswagen1, Edwin Meulman2, Michele Longo2, and Jan G. Rots2 1)  Delft University of Technology Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, NL e-mail: p.a.korswageneguren@tudelft.nl 2)  Delft University of Technology Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, NL Keywords: Shallow...

S03 520: GLOBAL BEHAVIOUR OF COUPLED UNREINFORCED MASONRYREINFORCED CONCRETE WALL STRUCTURES

Hervé Degée1, Florian Frederickx2, and Bram Vandoren3 Construction Engineering Research Group, Hasselt University Agoralaan, Building H, 3590, Diepenbeek (Belgium) e-mail: 1 herve.degee@uhasselt.be, 2 florian.frederickx@uhaselt.be, 3 bram.vandoren@uhasselt.be...

S03 525-2: CAN COMPRESSED AND STABILIZED EARTH BLOCK MATERIALS BE REGARDED AS HOMOGENEOUS AND ISOTROPIC?

Erika L. Rengifo-López1, Nitin Kumar2, Fabio Matta1 and Michele Barbato2 1)  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina 300 Main Street, Columbia, SC (USA) e-mail: rengifol@email.sc.edu, fmatta@sc.edu 2)  Department of Civil and...

S03 541: EFFECTS OF NEW OPENINGS ON THE IN-PLANE BEHAVIOR OF UNREINFORCED BRICK MASONRY WALLS

Mónica Y. Oña Vera1, Giovanni Metelli1, Joaquim A.O. Barros 2, and Giovanni Plizzari1 1)  Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics. University of Brescia, Via Branze 43, Brescia, Italy. e-mail: m.onavera@unibs.it,...

S03 606-2: ONE WAY BENDING CAPACITY PREDICTION OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS WITH VARYING CROSS SECTION CONFIGURATIONS

Francisco Galvez1, Luigi Sorrentino2, Jason M. Ingham1, Dmytro Dizhur1 1)  Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand) e-mail: {fglv390,ddiz001}@aucklanduni.ac.nz, j.ingham@auckland.ac.nz 2)  Dept. of Structural and...

S03 634: PREDICTION OF IN-PLANE SHEAR CAPACITY OF PERFORATED URM WALLS: NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING COMPARED WITH THE NZSEE FORMULA

Milon K. Howlader1, Mark J. Masia1, and Michael C. Griffith2 1)  Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, The University of Newcastle Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia e-mail: {MilonKanti.Howlader, mark.masia}@uon.edu.au 2) Professor School of Civil,...

S03 641-2: OUT-OF-PLANE SHAKING TABLE TESTS ON URM SINGLE LEAF AND CAVITY WALLS IN TWO-WAY BENDING

Satyadhrik Sharma1, Umberto Tomassetti2, Luca Grottoli2, Francesco Graziotti2 and Guido Magenes2 1)  UME School, University School for Advanced Studies – IUSS, Piazza della Vittoria 15, Pavia, Italy satyadhrik.sharma@iusspavia.it 2)  Dept. of Civil Engineering and...

S03 650: VERIFICATION OF A USABILITY MODEL FOR UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS WITH DATA FROM THE 2002 MOLISE, SOUTHERN ITALY, EARTQHUAKE

M. Zucconi1, R. Ferlito2, and L. Sorrentino3 1)  Department of Engineering, Niccolò Cusano University Via Don Carlo Gnocchi 3, 00166 Rome (Italy) e-mail: maria.zucconi@unicusano.it 2)  Seismic and Volcanic Risk Office, Civil Protection Department Via Vitorchiano 4,...

S03 653-2: PROPOSING LIMIT STATES FOR IN-PLANE SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF RAMMED EARTH WALLS

R. El Nabouch1, Q.B. Bui2, O. Ple1 and P. Perrotin 1 1)  Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LOCIE, 73000 Chambery, France 2)  Sustainable Developments in Civil Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi...

S03 667: NUMERICAL STUDY ON PARTIALLY-REINFORCED SEMIDRESSED STONE MASONRY FOR BUILD-BACK-BETTER IN NEPAL

Jitendra K. Bothara1, Ivan Giongo2, Jason Ingham3, Dmytro Dizhur4 1)  Technical Director, Miyamoto International NZ Ltd., New Zealand, jbothara@miyamotointernational.com 2)  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University...

S04 398: FEA OF MASONRY BUILDINGS BY MEANS OF A NEW OPTIMISED INDIRECT NLTH METHOD

  A.A. van den Bos1 and A. Garofano2 1)   DIANA FEA Arnhem, Netherlands e-mail: a.vandenbos@dianafea.com 2)  DIANA FEA Delft, Netherlands e-mail: a.garofano@dianafea.com Keywords: DIANA FEA; Masonry; Earthquake; NLTH, Indirect method. Abstract. Finite Element...

S04 435: FEA FOR MASONRY STRUCTURES AND VIBRATION-BASED MODEL UPDATING USING NOSA-ITACA

M. Girardi1, C. Padovani1, D. Pellegrini1, M. Porcelli2 and L. Robol1 1)  Institute of Information Science and Technologies “A. Faedo” ISTI-CNR Via G. Moruzzi, 1 56124 Pisa (Italy) {maria.girardi,cristina.padovani,daniele.pellegrini,leonardo.robol}@isti.cnr.it 2) ...

S04 441: OPTIMAL FIBER-REINFORCEMENT OF NO-TENSION MASONRY WALLS THROUGH A STRESS-BASED FORMULATION

Matteo Bruggi1, and Alberto Taliercio1 1)  Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan (Italy) e-mail: {matteo.bruggi,alberto.taliercio}@polimi.it Keywords: FRP, Masonry Walls, Topology Optimization,...

S04 497: EVALUATION OF METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE RESPONSE OF CONTROLLED ROCKING REINFORCED MASONRY WALLS

A. Yassin1, M. Ezzeldin1 and L. Wiebe1 1)  Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada {yassia1, ezzeldms, wiebel}@ mcmaster.ca Keywords: Controlled Rocking, Masonry Walls, Self-Centering, Unbonded Post-tensioning Abstract. In recent years, several studies...

S04 499: STRUT-AND-TIE MODELS FOR MASONRY WALLS WITH OPENINGS

Patrick B. Dillon1 and Fernando S. Fonseca2 1)  Project Engineer I, WPD & Associates Consulting Engineers. Inc. 335 Greenbrier Drive, Charlottesville, VA, 22901, USA e-mail: pdillon@wdpa.com 2)  Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham...

S04 513: RBSM APPROACH FOR THE QUASI-STATIC ANALYSIS OF INFILL PANELS UNDER LATER LOADS: AN APPLICATION

S. Casolo1, V. Tateo2, G. Uva3 1)  Dept. of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) e-mail: siro.casolo@polimi.it 2)  Dept. of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di...

S04 657: IMPLEMENTATION AND VALIDATION OF A SIMPLE ABAQUS USER ELEMENT FOR UNBONDED FIBER REINFORCED ELASTOMERIC ISOLATORS (UFREIS) IN MASONRY HOUSING PROTECTION

Ahmad B. Habieb1, and Gabriele Milani1 1)  Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, ITALY e-mail: {ahmadbasshofi.habieb, gabriele.milani}@polimi.it Keywords: UFREIs,...

S05 318: THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL SURVEY IN THE GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS: DAMAGED MECHANISMS OR CONSTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES?

Paola Condoleo Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, Milano, Italy paola.condoleo@polimi.it Keywords: structural survey, diagnostics, vulnerability, crack pattern, damage, cultural heritage. Abstract. Nowadays it is well known that the in-depth process...

S05 436: MASONRIES AND STONE MATERIALS OF ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE (LOMBARDY – ITALY)

Roberto Bugini1 and Luisa Folli2 1)  CNR-Istituto Conservazione e Valorizzazione Beni Culturali via Roberto Cozzi 53, 20125 MILANO (Italy) e-mail: bugini@icvbc.cnr.it 2)  CNR-Istituto Conservazione Valorizzazioine Beni Culturali via Roberto Cozzi 53, 209125 MILANO...

S05 439: PROPORTIONS IN EARLY CHRISTIAN AND EARLY MEDIEVAL ROMAN CHURCH STRUCTURES

Yamile S. Rodriguez1, Thomas E. Boothby2, and Donatella Fiorani3 1)  Carrasquillo Associates, 5113 Southwest Parkway, Suite 250, Austin, TX 78735 e-mail : ysr@carrasquilloassociates.com 2)  Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University 104...