Masonry, as a construction material, is known to perform well under elevated temperatures,
which makes it an attractive choice for structural applications. This superior performance is a …

Masonry is one of the oldest and most traditional materials in building construction.
Nevertheless, the knowledge on the structural fire behaviour of masonry elements is not yet …

The façade is an important, complex, and costly part of a building, performing multiple
objectives of value to the occupants, like protecting from wind, rain, sunlight, heat, cold, and …

Vessels used in industrial high temperature processes of steel and cement production are
protected by refractory linings built with dry-stacked masonry, which plays a crucial role on …

Cement-lime mortars have been largely employed in contemporary masonry structures.
Although usually analyzed under high-temperature conditions, their behavior over the post …

There is little doubt that masonry walls have, throughout the history of mankind, been a
critical part of building construction. From this standpoint, the present study aims to unfold …

In the first part of this work [1], the fire behavior of masonry walls made with hollow fired-clay
bricks was investigated experimentally. Several complex mechanisms occurred during firing …

Artificial intelligence (AI), as a research and analysis method, has recently been gaining
ground in the ever-evolving scientific field of fire engineering in buildings. Despite the initial …

This paper presents a 2-D finite element (FE) based micro modelling framework for thermo-
mechanical response history analysis of solid brick masonry structures subjected to fire. The …

In this work, experimental and numerical studies are performed to investigate the influence
of elevated temperature on the residual (post-heating) behavior of masonry. Two different …