FRP-Confined Masonry Columns Under Axial Loads: Experimental Results and Analytical Model
Author FRANCESCO MICELLI*, LAURA DE LORENZIS and ANTONIO LA TEGOLA * Corresponding Author: francesco.micelli(S> unite.it, voice +39 0832 297 241, FAX +39 0832 297 279 Dipartimento di ingegneria dell’lnnovazione, Universita […]
Modelling Discrete Cracking on Masonry Walls
Author J. ALFAIATE Assistant Professor, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal and J.R. DE ALMEIDA Associate Professor, Dept. de Eng. Civil, FCT/UNL, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal’ Abstract In […]
Full-scale Testing of Vertically Restrained Clay Brickwork Cladding Panels – Part 1
Author P.R.BINGEL*, J.P. FORTH”, J.J. BROOKS** and A. BOWN* *Leeds Metropolitan University “University of Leeds Abstract A series of full-scale tests to monitor the long-term stress/strain behaviour of clay brickwork […]
Evaluation of the Early Shrinkage of Structural Masonry Concrete Infill
Author LUIZ A. PEREIRA DE OLIVEtRA Department of Civil Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Calgada Fonte do Lameiro, Coviiha, Portugal 6201-001 Abstract This paper presents a method to evaluate the […]
Analytical Research into the Mechanical Characteristics of Old Brick Masonry
Author C. IGNATAKIS and K. STYLIANIDES Civil Engineering Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece kcstyl@civii.auth.gr Abstract In the present paper, an analytical micro-model able to simulate the behaviour of masonry […]
Transient Bond Strength in Calcium Silicate Facing Brick Masonry
Author T. J. WIJFFELS and O. C. G. ADAN TNO Building and Construction Research, P.O. Box 49, 2600 AA Delft, The Netherlands Abstract In the late 1990’s, some documented observations […]
Masonry Shear Response Characterisation
Author GIDEON P.A.G. VAN ZIJL University of Stellenbosch / Delft University of Technology Abstract Shear along masonry unit/mortar interfaces is an important mechanism of resistance in structural masonry. Several test […]
Informal Masonry Structures: Seismic Vulnerability and GIS maps
Author Ahmed Mebarki, Nathalia Valencia Laboratoire de Mecanique, Universite de Mame-la-Valiee 5 Bd Descartes, Cite Descartes, 77454 Marne la Vallee Cedex 2, France Abstract When dealing with seismic risks that […]
Mechanical Characteristics of Virgin and Strengthened Old Brick Masonry – Experimental Research
Author C. IGNATAKIS AND K. STYLIANIDES Civil Engineering Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Abstract The results of an experimental programme concerning the determination of the mechanical characteristics of virgin […]
Volume 1, D – 316: Prediction of the thermal conductivity of salt-contaminated masonry wall
Author KOSIOR-KAZBERUK, M.; EZERSKIY, V. Bialystok University of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Abstract Determination of heat and moisture transport processes in the presence of salts in masonry […]
Volume 1, D – 300: Permanent monitoring of historical buildings structural health via remote control
Author ABRUZZESE, D. and MICCOLI, L. University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Civil Engineering VARI, A Videodata Sistemi ltd, Rome Abstract The permanent monitoring of structural behavior of monuments […]
Volume 1, D – 296: Modelling of data uncertainty and numerical simulation of masonry structures
Author GRAF, W.; PANNIER, S.; PIOTROW, A. TU Dresden, Institute for Structural Analysis, Germany Abstract The challenging task in computational engineering is to model and predict numerically the behavior of […]