The masonry buildings represent the largest portion of the Italian building heritage
considering that about eighty percent of buildings is made of different kind of masonry …

Rubble stones are commonly found in many civil engineering components, such as
foundations, walls. In general, rubble stone masonry walls are composed of irregular …

To obtain predictions closer to concrete behaviour, it is necessary to employ a particle model
(PM) that considers contact softening. A bilinear softening contact model (BL) has been …

Numerical modelling of masonry is important in understanding masonry behaviour,
especially with masonry having many material and structural variations. Masonry is a …

The structural rehabilitation of historic/traditional rubble masonry wall constructions requires
consolidation and retrofitting solutions to be employed in order to withstand dynamic loads …

Rigid particle models (PMs) that explicitly consider the influence of the aggregate structure
and its physical interaction mechanisms have been used to predict cracking phenomena in …

O comportamento estrutural das paredes de alvenaria de pedra tradicional existente é
ainda uma tarefa difícil de se prever, tanto no comportamento experimental como na …

A estudo do Aqueduto dos Pegões apresenta um desafio devido à pouca informação
disponível para a caracterização da sua alvenaria de pedra. Devido à vulnerabilidade da …