This paper presents a concise state-of-the-art survey on the research work pertaining to the
seismic response of reinforced masonry shear walls (RMSW) with a focus on the published …

Masonry is among the most widely used construction materials around the world.
Contemporary masonry buildings are primarily designed to comply with prescriptive building …

Smeared crack models have been used in finite element analyses of concrete and masonry
structures. While such an approach proved to be efficient and reliable in many instances, its …

Current building codes and design standards classify different structural components
according to their expected structural performance. Such classification is usually based on …

The influence of four different lateral displacement patterns used for experimental simulation
of seismic behavior of masonry walls has been studied. Thirty-two equal reinforced-masonry …

Flexural and shear strengths of reinforced masonry shear walls are examined, based on
experimental results obtained from 22 6-ft by 6-ft masonry wall specimens. These results are …

Stone masonry is the oldest building material that survived until today, being used all over
the world, particularly in impressive historic structures as an evidence of the achievements of …

The work presented in this thesis was developed at the Department of Civil Engineering of
University of Minho. This work is eminently experimental and intends to be a valuable …

A full-scale unreinforced masonry (URM) wall with an opening was tested under in-plane
lateral loading. The wall was first subjected to monotonically increasing displacements until …

In this paper, the possibility of achieving a high level of ductility by flexural yielding in fully
grouted reinforced concrete masonry shear walls is evaluated. Six full-scale walls were …