Fires involving the facade of a building are a modern and complex problem. Previous
reviews on fire safety of facades have addressed flammability and fire spread, but these are …

The studied limestone is a well known Portuguese natural stone that occurs in Valverde—
Alcanede region, located in the Maciço Calcário Estremenho (center of Portugal). This stone …

Granite is a common construction material that is widely used in the various types of
structures, but its dynamic behavior is not clearly understood. To investigate the uniaxial …

Under earthquake loads, economic loss and threatening human casualties can occur owing
to fallouts of exterior cladding stones in buildings. In this study, a shaking table test was …

Literature has recently provided the analytical model that predicts the shear strength of the
anchor embedded into masonry. It is apparent that this model does not apply to the anchor …

To investigate the uniaxial compressive behavior of a thin granite material, three groups of
thin granite cylinders with the same length-to-diameter ratio (L/D) of 0.5 but with different …

Although granite claddings with dowel-pin connections are widely used around the world,
their seismic safety is not yet well understood. A series of cyclic tests on dowel-pinned …

Although exterior cladding finishes play an important role in the aesthetic and protective
aspects of a building, their seismic performance remains an issue in earthquake-prone …

Because of its good deformation performance, easy installation and replacement, the kerf
anchorage technology is widely used in the stone cladding. The current reports of accidents …

Granite cladding with dowel-pinned connections has been widely used in building envelope
systems; however, their loading behavior is not fully understood, particularly the correlations …