Uses and limits of the Equivalent Frame Model on existing unreinforced masonry buildings for assessing their seismic risk: A review

E Quagliarini, G Maracchini, F Clementi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the late 1970s, nonlinear static analysis have had an increasing use in the seismic
assessment of existing unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings. Different modelling …

A three‐dimensional macroelement for modelling the in‐plane and out‐of‐plane response of masonry walls

F Vanin, A Penna, K Beyer - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The seismic performance of unreinforced masonry buildings is commonly assessed using
equivalent frame modelling. Its computational efficiency allows for a large number of …

Pushover analysis of unreinforced irregular masonry buildings: Lessons from different modeling approaches

A Aşıkoğlu, G Vasconcelos, PB Lourenço, B Pantò - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The present paper addresses the seismic performance of a half-scale two-story unreinforced
masonry (URM) building with structural irregularity in plan and in elevation. The main …

Modelling and seismic response analysis of existing URM structures. Part 2: Archetypes of Italian historical buildings

S Lagomarsino, S Cattari, M Angiolilli… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This work presents a comprehensive strategy for analysing the complex seismic response of
five Italian historical URM buildings, corresponding to different periods until 1920s. One …

A novel macroelement model for the nonlinear analysis of masonry buildings. Part 1: Axial and flexural behavior

S Bracchi, A Galasco, A Penna - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the numerical modelling of the nonlinear response of masonry buildings by equivalent‐
frame models based on macroelements representative of the in‐plane response of structural …

Numerical investigation of non-linear equivalent-frame models for regular masonry walls

R Siano, P Roca, G Camata, L Pelà, V Sepe… - Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
The accuracy of the Equivalent Frame Method (EFM) in modelling the seismic non-linear
behaviour of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings is investigated for regular walls (ie …

A novel macroelement model for the nonlinear analysis of masonry buildings. Part 2: Shear behavior

S Bracchi, A Penna - Earthquake engineering & structural …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Macroelement models are widely recognized to be particularly suitable to model the
nonlinear behavior of masonry buildings. This article, together with the companion article …

Equivalent-frame modeling of two shaking table tests of masonry buildings accounting for their out-of-plane response

F Vanin, A Penna, K Beyer - Frontiers in Built Environment, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Equivalent frame models are an effective tool for the seismic assessment of existing
masonry structures. Due to their simplicity, these models can be used to perform multiple …

Site effects and soil-foundation-structure interaction: derivation of fragility curves and comparison with codes-conforming approaches for a masonry school

A Brunelli, F De Silva, S Cattari - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper investigates the role of site-amplification and soil-foundation-structure (SFS)
interaction on the seismic response of masonry structures. The aim is twofold: to quantify the …

Improved evaluation of inelastic displacement demands for short‐period masonry structures

G Guerrini, F Graziotti, A Penna… - … & Structural Dynamics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This work discusses the simplified estimation of earthquake‐induced nonlinear
displacement demands as required by nonlinear static procedures, with particular attention …