Review of strength models for masonry spandrels

K Beyer, S Mangalathu - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2013 - Springer
Many older unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings feature timber floors and solid brick
masonry. Simple equivalent frame models can help predicting the expected failure …

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 …

Vector-valued fragility functions for seismic risk evaluation

P Gehl, DM Seyedi, J Douglas - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2013 - Springer
This article presents a method for the development of vector-valued fragility functions, which
are a function of more than one intensity measure (IM, also known as ground-motion …

[PDF][PDF] Masonry building design in seismic areas: recent experiences and prospects from a European standpoint

G Magenes - Proceedings of the First European Conference on …, 2006 - academia.edu
The recent development of a new Italian seismic code, conceived as a transition towards the
final adoption of Eurocodes, has been an occasion to reconsider thoroughly the current …

Analysis and repair of clustered buildings: Case study of a block in the historic city centre of L'Aquila (Central Italy)

F da Porto, M Munari, A Prota, C Modena - Construction and building …, 2013 - Elsevier
This work presents a pilot study of a clustered building in the historic city centre of L'Aquila,
Central Italy, damaged by the earthquake of April 6, 2009. This block was identified under an …

[PDF][PDF] Seismic behaviour and design of new masonry buildings: recent developments and consequent effects on design codes

G Magenes, C Modena, F da Porto, P Morandi - Eurocode 8 Perspectives …, 2009 - reluis.it
The paper gives an overview of recent developments in the field of masonry technologies
and seismic design criteria for new masonry buildings, drawing mainly from experimental …

[PDF][PDF] Existing masonry buildings: general code issues and methods of analysis and assessment

G Magenes, A Penna - Eurocode, 2009 - reluis.it
The paper presents first an introduction to the main differences between the EN 1998-3
approach to seismic assessment and strengthening of existing masonry buildings and the …

Seismic capacity evaluation of unreinforced masonry residential buildings in Albania

H Bilgin, O Korini - Natural Hazards and Earth System …, 2012 - nhess.copernicus.org
This study evaluates seismic capacity of the unreinforced masonry buildings with the
selected template designs constructed per pre-modern code in Albania considering …

[PDF][PDF] Seismic design of masonry buildings: Current procedures and new perspectives

P Morandi, G Magenes - … of the Fourteenth World Conference on …, 2008 - iitk.ac.in
The application of parametric linear and nonlinear analyses on regular structural
configurations of masonry buildings has showed how the procedures of seismic safety …

Cyclic behaviour, dynamic analysis and seismic vulnerability of historical building archetypes in Hungary

EC Morais, LG Vigh, J Krähling - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper studies the effects of the 1763 Komárom earthquake (Hungarian Kingdom) by
analysing historical building archetypes using both Nonlinear Static Analysis (NSA)—the …