Masonry has become a complex construction system in the last 40years, ranging from
ambitious variations of its traditional load bearing role in cellular structures into expressive …

Unreinforced masonry (URM) is a construction of brick or concrete block unit that is joined
together using mortar, without steel reinforcement. Because of the heterogeneous nature …

Openings can have a significant effect on the seismic response of partially grouted
reinforced masonry (PG-RM) walls. Despite this, very few investigations have been carried …

Reinforced masonry (RM) walls are mostly used in low to mid rise residential/industrial
buildings in cyclonic and seismic regions. They are conventionally constructed with grout …

Aiming towards a better understanding of the structural response presented by multi-
perforated clay brick masonry, this paper presents the results of an experimental program …

A 3D microstructured composite Interphase Formulation (IF) based on a Multiplane
Cohesive-Zone Model (M-CZM) is proposed for describing the behavior of quasi-brittle …

1.1. Background Unreinforced masonry buildings are common in many seismic prone
countries. In most cases they were built before the development of comprehensive research …

Bonded brickwork walls of large thickness constructed with double or triple bricks are
common in loadbearing historical masonry structures in many regions which require …

A simplified finite element (FE) model is proposed using VecTor2 software to simulate the
cyclic behavior of partially grouted reinforced masonry shear walls (PG-RMSWs) constructed …

Estimating the load-bearing capacity of brick masonry walls is a fundamental aspect of the
design or retrofitting of this type of structures. This paper presents a new ANN-based …