Author LUIZ A. P. de OLIVEIRA and LUIS F. A. BERNARDO e-mail: luiz.oliveira@ubi.pt , luis.bernardo@ubi.pt Civil Engineering and Architecture Department, University of Beira Interior – Covilhã – Portugal Abstract This paper presents an experimental study on the...
Author L.M. HEFFLER (1), M.G. STEWART (2), M.J. MASIA (3), M.R.S. CORREA (4) (1) Corresponding Author: Postgraduate Student, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW, 2308, Australia. ph:...
Author S. RUSSO, G. BOSCATO and F. SCIARRETTA IUAV University of Venice Abstract The overall mechanical behaviour of a historic brick masonry structure in Venice – belonging to the building known as “Molino Stucky”, partially destroyed by a fire in 2003 – is...
Author K. F. HANSEN (1) and C. M. PEDERSEN Danish Building Research Institute, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark. (1) Corresponding author: Klavs Feilberg Hansen, Department of Building Design and Technology, Danish Building Research Institute, Dr. Neergaards Vej 15, DK-2970...
Author M. CORRADI(*1), A. BORRI(*) and A. VIGNOLI(**) (1) Corresponding Author. Voice: +39 075 585 3906 Fax: +39 075 585 3897 Email: mcorradi@strutture.unipg.it (*) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Perugia Via...
Author H.C. UZOEGBO (1) and R. SENTHIVEL (2) (1) Associate Professor in Structural Engineering (2) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Abstract Shake-table tests can...
Author C. SUI (1)*, M.Y. RAFIQ (2), G. ZHOU (3) (1) School of Civil Engineering, Queen University Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 5AG * Corresponding author, email: c.sui@qub.ac.uk (2) School of Engineering, University of Plymouth, UK PL4 8AA (3) Harbin University of...
Author B.G. HELLERS and S. SAHLIN Prof. em. KTH Dept. of Architecture and Prof. em. KTH Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden Abstract In the design of masonry buildings, it is required to calculate the eccentricity of the vertical force in...
Author C. SUIand M.Y. RAFIQ University of Plymouth, UK Abstract SUI and RAFIQ [1] mentioned that yield-line analysis, which was mainly developed to define the failure criteria for reinforced concrete slabs had been adopted as an analytical method for the analysis and...
B.V. VENKATARAMA REDDY (1) and P. PRASANNA KUMAR (2) (1) Associate Professor, E-mail: venkat@civil.iisc.ernet.in (corresponding author) (2) Research Scholar, E-mail: pras_ajsh@yahoo.com Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012,...
Author K.F. HANSEN and E.S. PEDERSEN Danish Building Research Institute, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark Abstract The shear and torsional strength of bed joints are essential parameters to analyse masonry walls subjected to in plane and out of plane forces. This paper...
Author A. VANIN and P. FORABOSCHI Dipartimento di Costruzione dell’Architettura. Università IUAV di Venezia Abstract A strut and tie model is defined that simulates the behaviour of a masonry panel subject to a constant vertical load and to an increasing horizontal...
Author C. SUI and M.Y. RAFIQ University of Plymouth, UK Abstract Laterally loaded masonry wall panels are widely used in modern constructions due to many advantages they offer. In recent years, research on laterally loaded masonry panels, particularly in the numerical...
Author J.J. BROOKS Abstract Previous research into creep of clay brickwork is reviewed and an experimental data base compiled. Current methods of estimating creep for design purposes are presented and a new prediction method is developed from previously developed...
Author M.J. MASIA (1), R.B. PETERSEN (2), Y. HAN (3) and M.R.S. CORRÊA (4) (1) Senior Lecturer, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia (2) Research Associate, Centre for Infrastructure...
Author J.P. FORTH, D.V. DAO, V.V. TOROPOV and H.M. VU School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Abstract The development of new products, in this case a range of novel masonry units possessing properties which match or exceed current existing...
Author A. BORRI (1), M. CORRADI (1), E. SPERANZINI (1) and A. GIANNANTONI (2) (1) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Via Duranti 93 – 06125 Perugia, Italy (2) Civ. Engr., Via delle Industrie, Foligno (PG), Italy Abstract The...
Author L. LA MENDOLA (1), C. CUCCHIARA (2) and M. ACCARDI (3) (1) FullProfessor, Department of Structural Aerospace and Geotechnical Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy, email: lidia.lamendola@unipa.it (2) Researcher, Department of Structural Aerospace and...
