Volume 2, H – 85: Seismic strengthening of an unreinforced masonry building using ECC shotcrete
Author LIN, Y.-W. University of Auckland, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering LAWLEY, D. Reid Construction Systems, New Zealand INGHAM, J. M. University of Auckland, Department of Civil and Environmental […]
Volume 2, H – 80: Seismic behaviour of horizontally reinforced masonry walls
Author GILLIJNS, J. Bekaert, Building Products Abstract Until recently, seismicity was mainly a concern in countries of Southern Europe with a prevailing tradition of RC structures with masonry infill walls. […]
Volume 2, H – 72: Performance of masonry structures during the 2009 L’Aquila (Italy) earthquake
Author KAPLAN, H.; BILGIN, H.; BINICI, H.; YILMAZ, S.; OZTAS A. Epoka University, Civil Engineering Department Abstract The surface magnitude 6.3 L’Aquila earthquake which struck the L’Aquila area on April […]
Volume 2, H – 47: Contributions to the knowledge about the seismic behaviour of typical Belgian masonry houses
Author DEGEE, H.; PLUMIER, A. University of Liège – F.R.S.-FNRS, Department ArGEnCo – Structural Engineering Abstract This paper proposes a summary of the research and development work carried out at […]
Volume 2, H – 43: Damage identification and non-linear failure analyses of ancient masonry structures in seismic areas: structural assessment of the Salares Tower
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 […]
Volume 2, H – 32: Effect of steel reinforcement on shear strength of concrete masonry walls
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 […]
Volume 2, H – 26: Automatic design and analysis of confined masonry shear walls in seismic areas. Case studies
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 […]
Volume 2, H – 17: Development of quakeproof reinforcement Methods for masonry wall
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 […]
Volume 2, H – 16: Simplified formulae for the displacement capacity, energy dissipation and characteristic vibration period of brick masonry buildings
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 […]
Volume 2, H – 4: Improving Structural Seismic Response Using a Hybrid Viscous and Variable Friction Damping
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 […]
Volume 2, G – 278: Studies on the load-carrying capacity of unreinforced masonry walls subjected to concentrated Loads
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 […]
Volume 2, G – 277: Post-strengthening of in-plane-loaded masonry walls with FRPs
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 […]