[HTML][HTML] Cyclic behavior of C-shaped masonry wall retrofitted with twisted bars or bonded rebars

M Scamardo, S Cattaneo, P Crespi, N Vafa - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The lack of effective connection between masonry walls is one of the most common reasons
leading to the activation of out-of-plane failure mechanisms in masonry buildings during …

Seismic retrofitting of URM masonry piers with helical steel reinforcement

S Cholostiakow, B McKinley, P Mergos, C Hall… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Past earthquakes revealed that the brittle nature of unreinforced masonry (URM) structural
walls often leads to extensive cacking and shear damage, which can seriously affect the …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings with Ferrocement Composite Overlay: Material Characterization and Numerical Study

A Mukherjee, HB Kaushik - Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The nonlinear assessment of masonry buildings strengthened with composites is crucial for
evaluating retrofitting effectiveness prior to practical implementation. However, numerical …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical investigation on pull-out behavior of twisted steel connectors for masonry retrofitting

N Vafa, S Cattaneo, P Crespi, M Scamardo - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Twisted steel bars are often used to strengthen masonry buildings and, in particular, to
improve the transverse connection between different structural elements. The performance …

Dissipative tie-rods restraining one-sided rocking masonry walls: analytical formulation and experimental tests

L Giresini, F Solarino, O AlShawa - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2024 - Springer
This paper presents the analytical formulation to investigate the seismic performance of
rocking masonry walls restrained by Dissipative Tie-rods (DTs). Experimental tests on one …

Assessment of reinforced overlay for masonry retrofitting: Lime vs cementitious plaster

M Scamardo, S Cattaneo… - MATEC Web of …, 2024 - matec-conferences.org
Reinforced overlay is a very common retrofitting technique adopted in existing masonry
buildings to improve their performance under seismic action, both in-plane and out-of-plane …